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David Crow

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David Crow is the author of the award-winning memoir The Pale-Faced Lie.

David spent his early years on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. Through grit, resilience, and a thirst for learning, he escaped his abusive childhood, graduated from college, and built a successful lobbying firm in Washington, DC. Today, he is a mentor, speaker, and advocate for women and children. He donates a percentage of his royalties from The Pale-Faced Lie to Barrett House, a homeless shelter for women in Albuquerque.

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The Girl Who Dared to Defy: Jane Street and the Rebel Maids of Denver by Jane Little Botkin

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Jane Little Botkin has written a profound and deeply personal book about the extraordinary class struggle for women's rights in the wake of the Ludlow coal-mining massacre, a dark stain on the American conscience. While Mother Jones and others get credit for fighting the battles fo Read more of this blog post »

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The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Hemingway Library Collector's Edition

by Ernest Hemingway

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Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc

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How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will

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“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. Believe in yourself. Never quit.”
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“No tie is as strong as family, making it the hardest one to break.”
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“Be careful whenever everything is given to you,” Mr. Ashcroft said. “Because then you’ll be totally beholden to your masters.”
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“After running from pursuers a good part of my life, I was used to hiding in the shadows. But now, I was trying to save myself from the ultimate bully, my murderous father.”
― David Crow, The Pale-Faced Lie

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“No tie is as strong as family, making it the hardest one to break.”
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“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. Believe in yourself. Never quit.”
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“You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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“Be careful whenever everything is given to you,” Mr. Ashcroft said. “Because then you’ll be totally beholden to your masters.”
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