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Glenn Alan Cheney is a writer and journalist. He is the author of more than 20 books of fiction and nnfiction and hundreds of articles, op-ed essays, translations, short stories, and poems.

Among his most recent and well known books are "Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims' First Year in America," "Journey on the Estrada Real: Encounters in he Mountains of Brazil," and "Journey to Chernobyl: Encounters in a Radioactive Zone."

Cheney is editor and translator of "Ex Cathedra: Stories by Machado de Assis -- Bilingual Edition."

Cheney's nonfiction uses a strong human element and touches of humor to bring life into subjects that might otherwise be dull or technical.

Cheney has a B.A. in Philosophy, an MA in Communication, an MA in English, and an MFA in Cr ...more

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	Thanksgiving:: The Pilgrims' First Year in America 4.13 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 2007 — 4 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
	Journey to Chernobyl: Encounters in a Radioactive Zone 3.54 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1995 — 8 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
	Love and Death in the Kingdom of Swaziland 4.03 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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
	Quilombo dos Palmares: Brazil's Lost Nation of Fugitive Slaves 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2014 — 6 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
	Chernobyl: The Ongoing Story of the World's Deadliest Nuclear Disaster 3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1994 — 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
	Journey on the Estrada Real: Encounters in the Mountains of Brazil 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2004 — 5 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
	They Never Knew: The Victims of Nuclear Testing (Impact Books) 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1996 — 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
	How a Nation Grieves: Press Accounts of the Death of Lincoln, the Hunt for Booth, and America in Mourning 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Trapped 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004 — 6 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
	Be Revolutionary: Some Thoughts from Pope Francis 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 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

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“They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; He shows by the sea what care God has over man, for when he delivers them from the great danger of the sea, he delivers them as it were from a thousand deaths.”
― Glenn Alan Cheney, Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims' First Year in America

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“Necessity is the mother of taking chances.”
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
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“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
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