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Richard G. Sharp

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in Cañon City, Colorado, The United States

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http://amazon.com/authors/richardsharp

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Isabel Allende, Joseph Heller, Bertolt Brecht, Jim Morrison
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March 2012

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Richard Sharp earned a BA from Harvard as well as a Masters Degree from Princeton, launching a career as an international development consultant before recently retiring.His vast experience across the United States and over four dozen countries provides settings for his historically authentic novel settings.

He is the author of "Crystal Ships" (2013) his sweeping epic of America's decades of discontent, the Sixties and Seventies; "The Duke Don’t Dance" (2012),a saga oh the "silent generation," and his 19th century historical novels "Jacob’s Cellar" and "Time is the Oven," tales of the domestic impact of the Civil War and its aftermath. His publications have garnered him multiple accolades, including a place on the Kirkus Best Self-Published ...more

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The Limited Edition of Crystal Ships, issued on the 50th year memorial of JFK’s assassination and targeted for a more academic readership, has been withdrawn from circulation. By April 2016 it will be replaced with a substantially revised final edition for general readership (extensively reedited and bibliographical references deleted). Moreover, on the same schedule, Wandering Barques, the much a Read more of this blog post »

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	The Duke Don't Dance 3.87 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crystal Ships 3.89 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jacob's Cellar 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time Is the Oven 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Yes, things happen for a reason, just not any good reason. (from Crystal Ships, publication pending)”
― Richard G. Sharp

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“Yes, things happen for a reason, just not any good reason. (from Crystal Ships, publication pending)”
― Richard G. Sharp

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“I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.”
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