Book Besties Season 7 Episode 11: The Medicine Women of Galveston

Besties, we are joined this week by the brilliant Amanda Skenandore author of The Medicine Women of Galveston. Join the Besties as they chat with Amanda all things traveling medicine, hurricanes, and of course lots of research.

Things talked about in this episode:

• Purple Eyes: https://www.livescience.com/33149-did-elizabeth-taylor-really-have-violet-eyes.html https://www.visioncenter.org/conditions/purple-eyes/
• Tallest man & smallest women married (not bearded lady): https://hccfl.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/hccfl%3A1757
• Traveling Medicine shows: https://aihp.omeka.net/exhibits/show/heritagemarker/medicine-shows
• The Native tribes in NYS: https://www.nysed.gov/indigenous-education/tribal-nations-new-york-state
• Galveston Hurricane: https://www.galvestonhistorycenter.org/research/1900-storm
• Galveston Ghost tours: https://www.visitgalveston.com/blog/dare-to-visit-the-haunted-side-of-galveston/
• Amanda Skenandore : https://www.amandaskenandore.com/

Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.