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While Still We Live: Facets of Freedom

Posted by sharra  Published in Books, Life

Yesterday’s Inde­pen­dence Day cel­e­bra­tions here in the United States have me think­ing about free­dom and its many forms. In that con­text I can’t help but think of one of my favorite books, While Still We Live, writ­ten by Helen MacInnes. The phrase is taken from the first lines of the national anthem of Poland. I […]

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Tags: Diane Ackerman, Freedom, Helen MacInnes, Native American history, Peru, Poland

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