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Feather Schwartz Foster Update




  
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Be sure to check out Brandy Centalonza's super article that appeared a few days ago in the Wydaily.  Here is the link! 


Monday, September 12 – at 8AM – Radio WXGM, Gloucester, VA: The Neal Steele Show.   I will provide a link to the program next month.


Friday, September 2 -  10 a.m. -2 p.m. -  William & Mary Bookstore, Merchants Sq., Williamsburg, VA
 

Friday, September 16 -  10 a.m. - 2 p.m.  William & Mary Bookstore, Merchants Sq., Williamsburg, VA 

Sunday, September 25 -  3 PM – The York County Historical Committee  - York Hall, Main St. Yorktown, VA

Note to my Williamsburg-area friends:  I will send out more information and a flyer on this shortly.  It is a free lecture on "Traveling with Martha Washington."  Put it on your calendar!


Contact Feather Schwartz Foster to arrange a speaking speaking engagement or a phone-in session with your book club!


NEW BOOK!!!
"Mary Lincoln's Flannel Pajamas"
and other stories from the First Ladies' Closet

Nifty gift for all occasions!

Available in trade paperback, hard cover and e-book.  
Order now at amazon - http://goo.gl/KHhZ88 
or Barnes & Noble  http://goo.gl/rEcSxb   


Super-duper hourlong podcast on 
http://www.historyauthor.com/
 
 If you haven't tuned in, check it out!  Delightful (honest!!) PODCAST.  Downloadable via the internet, I–tunes or whatever else… 

Another podcast –   "History Personified: A Mile in Their Shoes"  It was loads of fun!



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New blog stories for you!  You will enjoy them! 

http://wp.me/p3z3zl-R                          The Lincolns and the Actors
http://wp.me/p3z3zl-Rm                        Wilmer McLean: A Plague on Both His Houses
http://wp.me/p3z3zl-R                          Ellen Wilson's Great Sadness
http://wp.me/p3z3zl-QT                   Lincoln's First General: Winfield Scott: 
 
 



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