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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 62pp. Illustrated with vignettes. Printed blue wrappers with small photographic portrait of the author. Modest chip and tear on rear wrapper, a little scuffing on front wrap, a very good copy. Diary that stretches over a year, advertised as "The homely philosophy of a black woman on a Mississippi Plantation. An unedited edition. Humor and pathos mingled with touches of genius." Apparently meant to entertain the troops, wartime volume dedicated to the memory of the 8th Torpedo Squadron, almost all lost at the Battle of Midway. Although likely intended for a white audience, the text seems to be from an authentic woman. *OCLC* locates six copies over three records.…