Dan Murphy

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Average rating: 3.9 · 135 ratings · 34 reviews · 7 distinct worksSimilar authors
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Nickel City Drafts: A Drink...

3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010
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Erie Canal: The Ditch That ...

3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Bodyslams in Buffalo : The ...

3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002
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Ed Don George: The Remarkab...

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Western New York 101: The 1...

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007
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The Thing in the River

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Pain Torture Agony by Ron Hutchison
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Terrific book by a great friend. A wonderful look at Ontario's wrestling scene in the 1990s-2000s. ...more
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
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I bought this book in a "mystery bag" bundle, and I think that was my mistake. It is a very good book - funny, charming - but the pacing is purposely meandering (as suits a 100 year old man). I picked it up, read a dozen or so pages, set it down ... ...more
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What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
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Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
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Absolutely fascinating and engrossing. Cannot recommend it enough.
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Service by John Tottenham
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This book was marked as "Staff Recommended" at Actual Books in Kenmore, NY, so I picked it up. It was one of the most satisfying reads I've had in a while. The protagonist in a misanthropic former journalist turned bookstore employee, struggling to w ...more
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A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
"“…belief poses so many unanswerable questions!”

I first read “A Prayer for Owen Meany” about 20 years ago, and loved it. Having just reread it at age 40, I liked it.
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The Gales of November by John U. Bacon
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Fascinating history of the Edmund Fitzgerald with a lot of attention paid to the victims of the tragedy and their families. Bacon gives the story depth and nuance, along with technical - yet very well-explained - explanations of the possible causes o ...more
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Irresistible Force by Brian R. Solomon
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Just an absolutely wonderful biography. Thoroughly engrossing and terrifically well-researched. Highly recommended.
Ed Don George by Dan   Murphy
"Excellent work by Dan Murphy to pull together this brief, but thorough biography of one of pro wrestling's less remembered champions. George had all the credentials one could ask of a champion, collegiate success, Olympic experience and good looks an" Read more of this review »
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