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Kate Winkler Dawson

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Kate Winkler Dawson joined the University of Texas at Austin's School of Journalism as a senior lecturer in 2009. Before then, she was on the faculty of Fordham University's Marymount College for two years. A seasoned documentary producer, news writer and TV news producer, her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, United Press International in London, WCBS News, ABC News Radio, Fox News Channel, “PBS NewsHour” and “Nightline.” She's on the board of the Texas Center for Actual Innocence and lives in Austin, Texas with her family. This is her debut book. ...more

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“Medicinal alcohol was such a profitable business that it allowed Walgreens pharmacies to expand from around twenty stores to more than five hundred during the 1920s.”
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Kate Winkler Dawson Thanks David! I'm so glad you're enjoying it!

David wrote: "Thank you for being a friend. I am just reading Death in the Air and enjoying it. Brings back my childhood in London. I remember Christie! And that fog!
Best
David"



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David Dennington Thank you for being a friend. I am just reading Death in the Air and enjoying it. Brings back my childhood in London. I remember Christie! And that fog!
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David


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