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Mar.28.2012
Perhaps my most unusual book promotion happened for The Galloping Horses of Willowbrook. My sister (and co-author) and I rode an 1894 Armitage Herschell carousel, the second oldest of its kind in existence. The carousel twirls at a very fast pace, about 6 mph, and instead of the...
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Nov.09.2011
I wrote my autobiography in the seventh grade. It was titled “From Pillar to Post,” a title suggested to me by my mother to describe our family’s nomadic lifestyle. I wrote the autobiography out of a strong sense that I had already experienced a full life at the tender age of 13. Looking...
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Jun.02.2010
I formed the Daring Dashing Detectives in 1956. I was nine years old and playing with my friends among the ruins of an abandoned military compound deep in the bowels of a forest near Spokane, Washington. One day, spotting a lone figure approaching our hideaway, we hid behind a pile of weathered...
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May.05.2010
I learned to fly at the age of 12—literally. My father, an air force fighter pilot, believed his four children should understand the experience of flying. But he had another lesson in mind as well. The youngest, I remember when it was finally my turn to fly. It was a long time ago, but I think...
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Oct.23.2009
You must go far enough up the coast of Maine to find my favorite city. Perched above the salt-sprayed cliffs of Moose Island, the small city of Eastport is a place of wonder. It is a place of enormous tides, sea bird colonies, rafts of seals, pods of whales, salmon runs and fishing eagles. It is...
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About Jean
I’ve enjoyed a long career in higher education, serving as a dean of students at a community college in Maine, and as an adjunct instructor at the college level. Currently I am working as a grantwriting consultant for the Passamaquoddy Tribe, rural...
Causes Jean Flahive Supports
Native American educational resources for teachers
Literacy
Economic development for rural communities
Health Care Reform
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