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Wineapple gives a radiant portrayal of one of the most remarkable friendships in American letters–between the elusive, original poet Emily Dickinson and Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the radical abolitionist, reformer…

One of the great source documents in human history, but one of our greatest Americans… . Thrilling reading. -Tillie Olsen

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Black Rebellion, a fascinating account of five slave insurrections, among them the story of the Maroons, escaped slaves in the West Indies and South America who successfully resisted larger British…

A short excerpt: None of the family had seen Emilia since her wandering mother had taken her abroad, a fascinating spoiled child of four, and they were all eager to…

Introduction: THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED, IN TOKEN OF KINDRED AND OF OLD FAMILY FRIENDSHIPS, CORDIALLY PRESERVED INTO THE PRESENT GENERATION THESE LEGENDS UNITE THE TWO SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC AND…

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