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Slave narratives are extremely rare, with only 55 post-Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives join that exclusive group. Handed down through family and friends, they tell gripping stories of escape: Through a combination of intelligence, daring, and sheer luck, the men reached the protection of occupying Union troops. Historian Blight...
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When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called "an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor" (People). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix's fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations....
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Lyons Press
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©2005
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Phillip Wilson decided he'd like to see America, and get someone else to pay for the trip, so he went to truck driving school to learn how to operate a big rig. Driver is Wilson's memoir of his six weeks of over-the-road training, crisscrossing the country from coast to coast and points in between. During that time he worked and lived in close quarters with a partner who could hardly be less like himself, his trainer. Along the way he learns how to...
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