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Sara, her granddaughter, and golden retriever Callie spoil Grandpapa Courtenay's hard work with the leaves.

Sara’s childhood home in rural Kansas, used as the Fremantle House in Bleeding Kansas

Sara spends her 60th birthday in the garden with her dog and a glass of wine—courtesy of English publishers Hodder & Stoughton.

Sara is standing between Arthur Marchet and Odile Hellier, who organized a program for her at the American Library in Paris.

Granddaughter Maia wants to devote her life to rescuing elephants.

Andy Smith and Kerry Hood, shown outside the BBC in London, are teaching Sara to bet. They're about to put her first horse racing bet into the mail.

Sara just finished picking new asparagus on the Pendleton farm near Lawrence, KS.

After a fire in the Durham County, NC Library shed, Supervisor Ronald Butler and Fire Marshall Michael Webb hold a rescued copy of Fire Sale.

Sara on the Pendleton Farm where she did much of her research for Bleeding Kansas. Her brother Jonathan is on her right; her husband Courtenay is on her left.

A meeting of the Vic Fan Club in Osaka.