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Martin's Hundred

1991
Presents an account of the discovery and excavation of a lost settlement established in 1619 on the site of Carter's Grove in Virginia.

Set the ploughshare deep

a prairie memoir
2000
Timothy Murphy chronicles the experiences he has had while working on his Minnesota farm.

A day of pleasure

stories of a boy growing up in Warsaw
1986
Nineteen autobiographical stories about the author's childhood in Poland from 1908 to 1918.

The stars, the snow, the fire

twenty-five years in the northern wilderness : a memoir
1989
A collection of essays recalling the author's years of homesteading in the Alaskan wilderness.

The importance of pot liquor

1994
Jackie Torrence who overcame her severe childhood speech impediment to become a celebrated storyteller shares her childhood memories in this collection of twelve stories. Included are anecdotes from her childhood and stories that were recounted by her grandparents and shared by her family some of whose photographs are presented in the book.

Life on the Mississippi

1996
An account of life on the Mississippi in the old steamboat days and Twain's experiences as a pilot.

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