Publisher's Synopsis
The audience for this book includes: Readers of all ages Popular history readers. Viewers of the Biography Channel. Each chapter offers a biography of a riveting personality whose name, if not story, lives on. Trivia Lovers: The stories behind the names are fascinating and offer historical tidbits. Museum visitors Selling points: This book is an excellent nonfiction choice for book clubs. The subject lends itself well to social media promotions. As the chapters are concise and independent from one another, it is a great book for busy readers to dip in and out of. Location of the Homes and Museums Winchester Mystery House-Sarah Winchester San Jose, California The Betsy Ross House-Betsy Ross Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Jane Austen's House-Jane Austen Chawton, England Carry A. Nation Home & Museum-Carry A. Nation Medicine Lodge, Kansas Ivy Green-Helen Keller Tuscumbia, Alabama Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace-Juliette Gordon Low Savannah, Georgia Museo Frida Kahlo- Frida Kahlo Mexico City, Mexico The Anne Frank House- Anne Frank Amsterdam, The Netherlands The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Museum- Madame Curie Warsaw, Poland The Anne of Green Gables Museum-Lucy Maud Montgomery Prince Edward Island Iolani Palace- Queen Liliuokalani Honolulu, Hawaii The Johanna Syri Museum- Johanna Spyri Hirzel, Switzerland Monk's House- Virginia Woolf East Sussex, England The Karen Blixen Museum- Baroness Blixen Nairobi, Kenya Corrie ten Boomhuis- Corrie ten Boom Haarlem, the Netherlands The Mabel Dodge Luhan House-Mabel Dodge Taos, New Mexico Lyme Regis-Mary Anning Lyme Regis, England The Beatrice Wood Center-Beatrice Wood Ojai, California The Story Bank-P. L. Travers Maryborough, Australia The Brontë Parsonage-the Brontë sisters Haworth, England The Musée Édith Piaf Museum-Édith Piaf-Paris, France Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens-Marjorie Merriweather Post Washington, D.C. Mary McLeod Bethune Council House- Mary McLeod Bethune-Washington, D.C. Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum-Amelia Earhart Atchison, Kansas Farleys House & Gallery-Lee Miller East Sussex, England Golda Meir House Museum-Golda Meir Denver, Colorado Greenway House-Agatha Christie Devon, England Bellosguardo Foundation-Huguette Clark Santa Barbara, California House of Georges Sand-Georges Sand Nohant-Vic, France Espace Ella Maillart-Ella Maillart Chandolin, Switzerland.
