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Kim Bancroft

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Time for a change! After teaching for 30 years, I turned to editing and writing larger works. First the 1890 autobiography of my great-great-grandfather, H.H. Bancroft, the founder of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley (Heyday Books 2014). Next "The Heyday of Malcolm Margolin: The Damn Good Times of a Fiercely Independent Publisher," about Heyday Books' iconoclastic founder. Then I discovered the intriguing papers of my great-great-grandmother and her predecessor. These 19th-century stories comprise "Writing Themselves into History: Emily and Matilda Bancroft in Journals and Letters." I encourage all to examine legacy, that of our ancestors and our own lives, to save stories for future generations. ...more

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	The Heyday of Malcolm Margolin: The Damn Good Times of a Fiercely Independent Publisher 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literary Industries: Chasing a Vanishing West by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Kim Bancroft (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1891 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing Themselves into History: Emily and Matilda Bancroft in Journals and Letters 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Same School, Different Class by David Waddell, Kim Bancroft (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My friend Malcolm Margolin called hanging out with friends and family “warming oneself at the hearth of their stories.” All we have to do is kindle those flames.

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