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Motte & Bailey is a what - a medieval Norman castle, a wooden palisade rising on a mound of earth.
We're an open #bookshop specializing in the many kinds of history, alongside Lit, SF/F, Kids books & more. #Michigan #rarebooks #usedbooks #booksky
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Plus La Crosse is home to what might be the best bookstore in the Midwest, Pearl Street Books. Or at least the most architecturally pleasing.

#bookstore #photography
#architecture
Looking down at the rows of bookshelves as an employee checks stock at Pearl Street Books. A man reads a book at the end of a 20 or 30 ft high bookshelf accessible by ladder only. The view from the winding staircase of bookshelves from floor to ceiling.
August 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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For more information about Buswell, see :
www.findagrave.com/memorial/492...

For the catalog listing for his book, see:
www.mottebooks.com/details.php?...
Henry Leslie Farmer Buswell (1887-1964) - Find a...
Lt. Colonel Henry Leslie Farmer Buswell was born on December 3, 1887, to Charles and Caroline (Croft) Buswell in Richmond, England, the grandson, and great-grandson of English Navy Admirals. He attend...
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August 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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/3 Between the wars he was a writer, actor, & business man & became a naturalized citizen in 1933. When WWII began, he joined again, helping plan the D-DAY invasion w/the US Air Corps. He won another Croix de Guerre as well as a US Bronze Star. He died in the US in 1964 & is buried at Arlington.
Photo from a distance of one of the beaches of D-Day, with large and small landing craft, barrage balloons, and men and vehicles moving off the beach.
August 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM