Live Your Own Life: The Family Papers of Mary Bayard Clarke, 1854-1886
Book: Live Your Own Life: The Family Papers of Mary Bayard Clarke, 1854-1886 , by Terrell Armistead Crow (Editor), Mary Bayard Clarke, Mary Moulton Barden, ISBN-10: 1570034737 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9781570034732, University of South Carolina Press, July 2002, Hardcover
Born into a traditional North Carolina planter family, Mary Bayard Clarke (1827-1886) was a fiercely independent woman and an ambitious professional writer of poetry and prose. This volume contains an array of family letters, published poems, and newspaper articles written...
Bagels and Grits: A Jew on the Bayou
Book: Bagels and Grits: A Jew on the Bayou , by Jennifer Moses, ISBN-10: 0299224406 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780299224400, University of Wisconsin Press, July 2007, Hardcover
Jennifer Anne Moses left behind a comfortable life in the upper echelons of East Coast Jewish society to move with her husband and children to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Searching for connection to her surroundings, she decided to volunteer at an...
Birds of Passage: Henrietta Clive's Travels in South India 1798-1801
Book: Birds of Passage: Henrietta Clive's Travels in South India 1798-1801 , by Nancy Shields, ISBN-10: 1906011370 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9781906011376, Eland Books, May 2010, Hardcover
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The Christmas of the Phonograph Records: A Recollection
Book: The Christmas of the Phonograph Records: A Recollection , by Mari Sandoz, Linda M. Hasselstrom, ISBN-10: 0803292422 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780803292420, University of Nebraska Press, July 1996, Paperback
Charmingly, Mari Sandoz tells of a long-ago Christmas in western Nebraska when her father’s house was filled with good music. Old Jules had ordered an Edison phonograph and boxes of cylinder records from the East, paying for them with an inheritance...
Tales of the Lavender Menace: A Memoir of Liberation
Book: Tales of the Lavender Menace: A Memoir of Liberation , by Karla Jay, ISBN-10: 0465083668 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780465083664, Basic Books, March 2000, Paperback
A fast-paced memoir, serious and hilarious in turn, of the struggles and scandals, politics and personalities that made up the women’s and gay liberation movements of the 1960s and ’70s Lambda Book Report Since the 25th Anniversary of Stonewall there...
Hardy Californians: A Woman's Life with Native Plants
Book: Hardy Californians: A Woman's Life with Native Plants , by Lester Rowntree, ISBN-10: 0520250516 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780520250512, University of California Press, November 2006, Paperback
"Sensitively and skillfully updated and expanded, this superb new edition of Lester Rowntree's much-loved classic will quickly become a classic itself. Insightful biographical material, new photos, comprehensive bibliography, and updated plant names add context and currency to an extraordinary...
Honor the Grandmothers: Dakota and Lakota Women Tell Their Stories
Book: Honor the Grandmothers: Dakota and Lakota Women Tell Their Stories , by Sarah Penman (Compiler), Sarah Penman, ISBN-10: 0873513851 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780873513852, Minnesota Historical Society Press, October 2000, Paperback
In this poignant collection of oral histories, four Indian elders recount their life stories in their own quiet but uncompromising words. Growing up and living in Minnesota ... Publishers Weekly In Honor the Grandmothers: Dakota and Lakota Women Tell Their...
Foolish/Unfoolish: Reflections On Love
Book: Foolish/Unfoolish: Reflections On Love , by Ashanti Douglas, ISBN-10: 1401300308 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9781401300302, Hyperion, November 2002, Hardcover
Now in paperback — published to coincide with the release of her new album — Grammy winner and #1 recording artist Ashanti shares her very personal collection of poems and stories about love.Bestselling recording artist Ashanti stormed the pop charts...
A New England Girlhood: Outlined from Memory
Book: A New England Girlhood: Outlined from Memory , by Lucy Larcom, Nancy F. Cott, ISBN-10: 0930350820 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780930350826, Northeastern University Press, December 1985, Paperback
The engaging diary of a working girl in Victorian times....
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home
Book: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home , by Rhoda Janzen, ISBN-10: 1602857342 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9781602857346, Center Point Large Print, April 2010, Library Binding
It was not long after she turned 40 that Rhonda Janzen's husband left her for someone he met on Gay.com and she suffered a car accident that left her with serious injuries. To cope, Rhonda Janzen returned to where she...
