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Lowery, Linda

One More Valley, One More Hill: The Story of Aunt Clara Brown

223 pp. | Landmark | December, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-375-81092-7 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-375-91092-1 $$17.99
(3) 4-6 This biography of a former slave who made and lost a fortune in Colorado's mining towns offers a detailed portrait of an exceptionally full life. It also provides a distinctive perspective on major events in nineteenth-century American history: slavery, the Civil War, western migration, and economic booms and busts. Glossary notes at the end of each chapter disrupt the flow of the text, but they flesh out the historical context. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

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