Today at the Thrift

 Four books.

Fourteen dollars.

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Required Reading - Showboats

 Interested in westward expansion? 

Gambling? Prostitution? 

All things illegitimate?

The American institution that is the showboat has long since faded from its heyday, but there's never a bad time to learn about part of the country's often forgotten past. 

I picked up my copy at an antique shop. You can find yours here on eBay.

Well, I'm off to watch the final scenes of Maverick.

An Awfully Good Read