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Book

African American women of the Old West

Call Number

  • 973.0496 W135 (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

Guilford, Conn. : TwoDot, c2007.

Physical Description

xv, 148 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents

  • The open hand : Biddy Mason
  • A force to be dealt with : Mary Fields
  • At long last : Jane Manning James
  • The complete instructor : Abby Fisher
  • Unbroken bond : Clara Brown
  • Home sweet home : Annie Box Neal
  • Free at last : Mary Jane Holmes Shipley Drake
  • The second act : Mary Ellen Pleasant
  • Like mother, like daughter : Elizabeth Thorn Scott Flood
  • The voice of reason : Susie Revels Cayton.

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