Scout Dialogue: Writers Collection

Good Summer Reading 2003

Special | 28m 48s

Two Idaho authors talk with Marcia Franklin about their works and also recommend books to read. Tony Doerr is the author of the short story collection "The Shell Collector," which recently won first place in Barnes and Noble's "Discover Great New Writers" competition. Heather Parkinson is the author of "Across Open Ground," a novel about a sheepherder in Idaho during the First World War.

Aired: 07/16/03 | Rating: TV-G

Major funding provided by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation

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