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Candice Millard
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Candice Millard

How to pronounce Candice Millard: mill-ARD (Last syllable rhymes with "hard.")

Candice Millard Biography

Candice Millard is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic. Her book Hero of the Empire was named Amazon's number one history book of 2016. She lives in Kansas City with her husband and three children.

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    If you enjoyed:
    River of the Gods

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    A native of British Columbia, Wade Davis has worked as park ranger, forestry engineer, and conducted ethnographic fieldwork among several indigenous societies of northern Canada. He is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National... (more)

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