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Famous First Words

What did Maggie Thatcher say to Denis the first time they were alone? What did Hilary Rodham say to Bill Clinton when they met in a library? Zsa Zsa Gabor to George Sanders? Mickey Rooney to Ava Gardner? Charles McArthur to Helen Hayes?

The answers are in this collection of first meetings between nearly forty famous couples. Some of the statements will surprise you, and all will remind you of the first time you spoke to the love of your life.

Book Excerpts, Reviews and Other Brags

History-Guide
Klondike Dreams
A History and Guide to the Klondike Gold Rush
On Still Waters
A description of canals on the European continent and in Britain and Ireland. The book is a combination history of how the canals were built and how to enjoy traveling on them today, how to buy barges to be converted into liveaboards, and the best canals for cruising,
Commissioned Histories
Books for Organisations and Families
Humor
Famous First Words
The first words spoken between famous couples
Travel
Fifteen More Trips
Fifteen more trips from my travel writing career
Ten Trips
Ten of my favorite trips as a travel writer
History/travel
After the Gold Rush.
A journey through Yukon history
Fiction
Henri and the Old American
How an old American discovers the pleasures of living in France
GROUND EFFECT
Chapter Four
Curriculum Vitae
Memoir
Fragments
The first of three books of my memoirs, from the Ozarks to Seattle
History
The Home Front: An Oral History of WWII
War Comes to America
Tillamook excerpt
The Tillamook Way
The first chapter of the commissioned history