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Howard Means

Howard Means
Howard Means is the author or co-author of ten books, most recently Splash! and 67 Shots: Kent State and the End of American Innocence (Da Capo, 2016). Hailed by the Christian Science Monitor as “one of the most heartbreaking books in memory,” 67 Shots is being developed as a feature length film by Everyman Pictures (Jay Roach) and Little Stranger Picture (Tina Fey & Jeff Richmond). Means’ previous book, Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story (Simon & Schuster, 2011), was featured on NPR and in the weekend Wall Street Journal, and also optioned for TV and/or film.


Arrested For Wearing a Bathing Suit: Life as an Early Female Swimmer

Howard Means on Annette Kellerman
June 29, 2020  By Howard Means
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