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About the
Author
Eileen Birin
Eileen Birin is
a professional writer, editor, and publisher. She holds a
master's degree in Education-English from Loyola University,
Chicago, Illinois. Ms Birin taught language arts at the
junior high lever for thirty-six years, in Dallas, Texas,
Chicago and Skokie, Illinois. Presently she resides in
Glendale, Arizona where she has started her second career as
an independent publisher. Ms Birin is the owner of NEELIE
Publishing, a consultant for new writers and self-publishers,
a reader and storyteller, and a speaker on topics related to
writing.
Ms Birin is a
member of the Arizona Book Publishing Association, Arizona
Authors' Association, and The Society of Southwestern Authors.
She is on the Arizona State Board of the American Association
of University Women, actively involved in the Glendale branch
of the same association, and president of Soroptimist
International of the Kachinas.
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WHATNOTS!
Thirty fascinating people share their extraordinary
collections
By Eileen Birin
Cover Design by Janet Wandrey
Soft Cover, 184 pages
7 1/2" x 9 3/8", Perfect
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WHATNOTS!
Thirty
fascinating people share their extraordinary collections.
Why a book on
collectors, what they collect and why?
Then again, why not a
book about these interesting somewhat quirky, but always fun and
fascinating individuals who describe themselves as indefatigable
collectors.
In these pages meet
collectors of 3,500 toys, 6,000 license plates, 50,000 pencils,
100,000 beads, 500,000 postcards plus jukeboxes, branding irons,
decks of cards, Blue Willow, swizzle sticks, even mice and old
tins.
And along the way
discover the history of Juke Joints, Ribot cards, dippy eggs and
soldiers, mocking kachinas, Doc Savage, a 1910 Reo, African
trade beads, Cattail, graphite, the game of faro, and things
called cumberlandite and maximartinezii, hear stories about a
runaway quail, a mouse named Chester Thistlehorn, river lore,
and so much more.
For the seasoned
collector, the beginner, or even those who don't give a hoot
about someone else's stuff, WHATNOTS! will hold you captive from
start to finish.
But beware--without
warning the collecting bug bites hard--you may be next!
Click to read:
A Woman for All Ages
An article by
Eileen Birin
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