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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself: Written by Herself
This classic memoir of slave life, written by a highly-literate North Carolina slave, was first published at the beginning of the Civil War when Jacobs had escaped to the North and begun campaigning for abolition. Her narrative focused especially clearly on the ways that slavery degraded women through sexual abuse and the separation of mothers from their children.
Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Harvard Univ Pr, 1987 Condition: Soft cover in good condition. Some minor highlights throughout book. Content: "Harriet A. Jacobs was born a slave in North Carolina in 1813 and became a fugitive in the 1830s. She recorded her triumphant struggle for freedom in an autobiography that was published pseudonymously in 1861. As Linda Brent, the book's heroine and narrator, Jacobs recounts the history of her family: a remarkable grandmother who hid her from her ma... (more information)
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Images of the Ohio Valley: A Historical Geography of Travel, 1740 to 1860
New York: Oxford University Press, 1977 Condition: Soft cover in good condition. Shows reading wear. Content: "The Ohio Valley - the first American "West" - was a region that played an important part in the nation's development. Using the documented impressions of early travelers to follow the evolution of the early Ohio Valley landscape between 1740 and 1860, this book focuses on place images, and deals with the landscape not so much as it was but as it was thought to be. …&qu... (more information)
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Until the Sun Dies
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1977 Content: "This book examines two great mysteries which have defied science - the riddle of life and the riddle of creation. In clear language and with vivid imagery it explains the meaning of the lates discoveries in astronomy, space exploration, and the orgin of life, and describes the forces that have shaped the human race and created the power of human intelligence." - DJ Condition: Hardback with D/J in Fine/VG condition. Black bo... (more information)
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The Boy From Taylor
Phoenix: Dave Reiff Printing, 1977 Condition: Hardcover in very good condition. Signed by the authors "9/27/77 - Dear A and Barbara, Thanks for taking a chance on 'The Boy From Taylor.' Hope you find something of interest in it. Have enjoyed your friendship these many years with warm regards Renz and Leola." Content: From the Introduction: "Years ago the Soviet Union came out with a constitution which resembled our own. But unlike our ancestors, the Russians placed their const... (more information)
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Which Was Witch? Tales of Ghosts and Magic from Korea
New York: The Viking Press, 1970 Condition: Hard cover with D/J in good condition. Ex-Library book with normal markings & card. Sunning to spine of d/j. Pages very clean, bright and tight. Content: "For readers, for listeners, for story tellers the whole year round, and most especially at Halloween, this collection of stories will be a delight. Many of them - like the title story Which Was Witch? - are new in theme to American readers; …" At Brilliancy Books we understand it can b... (more information)
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Laughter in Appalachia: A Festival of Southern Mountain Humor
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A.: August House Pub Inc, 1987 Condition: Soft cover in very good condition. Some shelfwear to cover, but pages are very clean and tight. Content: Sample: World War II "A group of loafers around an Appalachian country store heard the news of the invasion of Normandy. They sat in silence for a few minutes, and then one man looked up at the sky, which was clear and blue, and remarked, "They shore picked a good day for it." … A mountain woman, hearing of the... (more information)
Subjects: HUMOR / General; Offered by Brilliancy Books (Arizona, United States) |
Price: $2.51
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A Bandit Called Derby
Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: AuthorHouse, 2004 Condition: Soft cover in fine condition. Pages very clean and tight. Content: "Oliver Franklin Jones was born in 1896 in the Ozark Mountains near Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The next 72 years proved to be a true adventure. From bootlegging and gambling in Oklahoma and Idaho them fighting during World War I in France to robbing a bank in Idaho and a casino/pool hall in Nevada he lived a life of crime during the Roaring 20's. He also did hard time, ... (more information)
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; Offered by Brilliancy Books (Arizona, United States) |
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