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Book Talk

By Piper Jones Castillo, Times Staff Writer
Published July 29, 2007


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Appearances

Mildred Sullivan Schlachter (A River Beckons and Paddlewheels Ply for People's Pleasure), 6 p.m. Friday, Little Adventures Bookshop, 3107 Beach Blvd. S, Gulfport.

Events

Fifty years after the publication of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, Bob Kealing, author of Kerouac in Florida: Where the Road Ends, will discuss Kerouac's life in the Sunshine State at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fred's, 10670 Boardwalk Loop, Lakewood Ranch. For reservations, call (941) 708-3708.

[Last modified July 26, 2007, 11:00:56]


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