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George Howe Colt

George Howe Colt
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George Howe Colt

George Howe Colt is the bestselling author of November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide and The Big House, which was a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times notable book. He lives with his family in Western Massachusetts.

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Mar 31, 2013
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Dec 08, 2012
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Dec 02, 2012
Brothers will be released on November 27, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Nov 27, 2012
Brothers is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Nov 27, 2012
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Aug 10, 2012
The Big House will be released on August 07, 2012 in eBook
Aug 07, 2012
The Big House is now available in eBook
Aug 07, 2012
November of the Soul will be released on February 21, 2006 in Trade Paperback
Feb 21, 2006
November of the Soul is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 21, 2006
November of the Soul will be released on February 21, 2006 in eBook
Feb 21, 2006
November of the Soul is now available in eBook
Feb 21, 2006
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Feb 21, 2006
November of the Soul is now available in
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November of the Soul will be released on February 21, 2006 in
Feb 21, 2006

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Dover Sherborn Patch, March 26, 2013
...Technologists Matthew Pearl Three Parts Dead Max Gladstone Non-fiction Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom Stephen R. Platt Brothers George Howe Colt The Choke Artist David Yoo Natalie Dykstra In Pursuit of Giants Matt Rigney To Free a Family Sydney Nathans...
MassLive, February 26, 2013
...WHATELY?Four authors will be speaking on a variety of topics - brotherly love, commercial fishing, leaving the Amish community and caring for dying loved ones - during the upcoming authors' series at the , 202 Chestnut Plain Road. The evening events...
The Empire, December 24, 2012
...Strayed, hardcover, 336 pages, Knopf, list price $25.95 Brothers: On His Brothers And Brothers In History , by George Howe Colt, hardcover, 480 pages, Scribner, list price $30 A Wintry Mix: Alan Cheuse Selects The Season's Best Recommended by Alan...
New York Times, December 24, 2012
...and self-defining of social bonds. If I speak from experience, having one brother, think how much more is George Howe Colt, with three an older, Harry, and two younger, Ned and Mark authorized to expatiate on the subject. Anyone whos had the pleasure of...
New York Times, December 21, 2012
...and self-defining of social bonds. If I speak from experience, having one brother, think how much more is George Howe Colt, with three an older, Harry, and two younger, Ned and Mark authorized to expatiate on the subject. Anyone whos had the pleasure of...
San Francisco Chronicle, December 18, 2012
...Book Passage Bookstore Corte Madera, CA George Howe Colt shares Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History ($30.00). Colt’s new book is an idiosyncratic and masterful blend of memoir and history featuring both the...
Dallas Morning News, December 14, 2012
...like this: "Those two are so different it’s hard to imagine they are siblings." Actually, as George Howe Colt explains in his book about male siblings, significant differences between brothers (and, by extension, sisters) are the norm, for logical...
Washington City Paper, January 7, 2013
...our full roundup (including knish and pasta version of the reuben) here. (Jessica Sidman) OH AND ALSO Author George Howe Colt discusses his new book, Brothers: Oh His Brothers and Brothers in History, which builds on the familial theme he first...
Marin Independent Journal, January 6, 2013
..." 4 p.m. Jan. 6: Lisa Alcalay Klug discusses "Hot Mamalah." 7 p.m. Jan. 9: George Howe Colt discusses "Brothers." 7 p.m. Jan. 10: Christina Lynch and Meg Howrey discuss "City of Dark Magic." 7 p.m. Jan. 11: Jojo Moyes discusses "Me...
Boston Magazine, January 3, 2013
...31, 6-7 p.m., Harvard Museum of Natural History, 52 Oxford St., Cambridge, 617- 495-3045, hmnh.harvard.edu George Howe Colt Reading Join George Howe Colt in a reading from and discussion of his book, Brothers , featuring historical narratives...
The Empire, December 24, 2012
...Strayed, hardcover, 336 pages, Knopf, list price $25.95 Brothers: On His Brothers And Brothers In History , by George Howe Colt, hardcover, 480 pages, Scribner, list price $30 A Wintry Mix: Alan Cheuse Selects The Season's Best Recommended by Alan...
New York Times, December 24, 2012
...and self-defining of social bonds. If I speak from experience, having one brother, think how much more is George Howe Colt, with three an older, Harry, and two younger, Ned and Mark authorized to expatiate on the subject. Anyone whos had the pleasure of...
New York Times, December 21, 2012
...and self-defining of social bonds. If I speak from experience, having one brother, think how much more is George Howe Colt, with three an older, Harry, and two younger, Ned and Mark authorized to expatiate on the subject. Anyone whos had the pleasure of...
New York Times, December 21, 2012
...and self-defining of social bonds. If I speak from experience, having one brother, think how much more is George Howe Colt, with three an older, Harry, and two younger, Ned and Mark authorized to expatiate on the subject. Anyone whos had the pleasure of...