Mitford
Americannoun
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In 1963 Mitford published “The American Way of Death,” an exposé of the funeral industry that turned her into a stateside celebrity, welcomed as a provocative guest on talk shows and recognized by cab drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
“Troublemaker” logs Mitford’s travels and transformations with brio, even while Ms. Kaplan details accounts of the civil-rights causes Mitford threw herself into.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Biographies of the Mitford sisters and Scottish writer Muriel Spark are sharp and illuminating.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025
The alarm was raised after a pupil saw a man entering woodland in the Mitford Road area of Morpeth, Northumberland, at about 09:00 GMT.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2024
In a moment Cecil Mitford had taken out all the coins of the first tier, and laid bare the oaken bottom.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant
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