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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Zustand: FINE. First printing. Fictionalized history of an interracial couple in Bucks County, PA, during the years from 1835-1865, a time of turmoil, abolitionist activity and the Civil War, written by a great grandniece. SIGNED on the half title page and dated in the year of publication. Excerpts from contempary newspaper articles are included throughout. References, index. xviii, 462 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Volume I - BiographyRowena Granice Steele (1824-1901)-actress, author, newspaper publisher, suffragist, lecturer on social issues-began her career on stage at Barnum's American Museum in New York and performed with companies around the U.S. and in Gold Rush California and the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). In 1859 she became the West Coast's first female novelist and over the next 35 years produced more than sixty short stories and four novels. From 1862 to 1890 Rowena and her husband published the San Joaquin Valley Argus in Merced, California, for which she wrote hundreds of columns about local affairs and charitable concerns and detailing her extensive travels around the state. Despite many heartbreaking sorrows and personal ordeals, and often in the face of intense criticism and resistance to what were then considered radical, controversial ideas, Rowena steadfastly persisted. In her productive life can be found an example of indomitable altruism and activism to inspire and encourage generations to come.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Description: In her forty-year career Rowena Granice Steele, California pioneer, actress, author, newspaper publisher, wrote, by her own estimation, sixty short stories and four novels. Volume I is the story of her life, Volume II is a collection of her short stories and novels written from 1857 to 1873, and here, in Volume III, is the remainder of her life's work published from 1874 to 1893.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Imagine a young African-American man and German-American woman falling in love and eloping in rural 1835 Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Sounds unbelievable, yet, it's true. It is the most unique story of its kind that was hidden away for 135 years.Langhorn H. and Mary (Stone) Wellings were modest, working-class people who wanted nothing more than to be left in peace with their three children. But they were inescapably caught up in the events and issues of the time-slavery, abolition, Underground Railroad, racism, Civil War, family estrangement, religious fervor. Their marriage lasts thirty years until 1865 when Mary succumbs to apoplexy. Langhorn's grief soon turns to horror, and his life is shattered, when he is arrested and accused of murdering his wife by poison. As the community's prejudice and animosity simmer to the surface, Langhorn faces trial and the terrifyingly real possibility of hanging. LANGHORN AND MARY is a timeless and unforgettable tale that men and women of all ages will appreciate. It is, all in one book, a historical novel, a docudrama, a love story, and an adventure. It is American history seen through the eyes of those who lived it.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Description: In her forty-year career Rowena Granice Steele, California pioneer, actress, author, newspaper publisher, wrote, by her own estimation, sixty short stories and four novels. Volume I is the story of her life, Volume II is a collection of her short stories and novels written from 1857 to 1873, and here, in Volume III, is the remainder of her life's work published from 1874 to 1893.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Imagine a young African-American man and German-American woman falling in love and eloping in rural 1835 Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Sounds unbelievable, yet, it's true. It is the most unique story of its kind that was hidden away for 135 years.Langhorn H. and Mary (Stone) Wellings were modest, working-class people who wanted nothing more than to be left in peace with their three children. But they were inescapably caught up in the events and issues of the time-slavery, abolition, Underground Railroad, racism, Civil War, family estrangement, religious fervor. Their marriage lasts thirty years until 1865 when Mary succumbs to apoplexy. Langhorn's grief soon turns to horror, and his life is shattered, when he is arrested and accused of murdering his wife by poison. As the community's prejudice and animosity simmer to the surface, Langhorn faces trial and the terrifyingly real possibility of hanging. LANGHORN AND MARY is a timeless and unforgettable tale that men and women of all ages will appreciate. It is, all in one book, a historical novel, a docudrama, a love story, and an adventure. It is American history seen through the eyes of those who lived it.…