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Event Detail

Featuring:

Fran Cannon Slayton

When the Whistle Blows

Fran Cannon Slayton is the author of When the Whistle Blows, a coming-of-age adventure set in 1940s Appalachia against the backdrop of the B&O Railroad. It was on Indiebound's Top Ten list of children's books for fall 2009.

Genres:Fiction, Publishing, Family

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