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Asking for a friend: three centuries of advice on life, love, money, and other burning questions from a nation obsessed

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In an entertaining history of Americans obsession with advice, an award-winning writer and producer profiles the advice-giversincluding Poor Richard, Dr. Spock and Miss Mannerswho have made their names, and oftentimes fortunes, by telling Americans what to do.
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