M.A. Franklin's Bluster and Brine

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M.A. Franklin's Bluster and Brine
M.A. Franklin's Bluster and Brine
Make sense of the world and have fun doing it. Essays on culture and education, book and movie reviews, and serialized fiction. Beware: history nerds linger here.

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