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The Rowntree family of York
The name of Rowntree will always be associated with the making of chocolates and sweets and with its home town of York. Yet, as Paul Chrystal shows in this book, there was much more to this remarka...
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Them wild woods
By Jackson Bill
These letters describe the life of an Ulster Quaker shop-keeping family whose daughter emigrated to New York State in 1818. The bulk of the letters are from Ireland between 1818 and 1843.
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Beautiful mess
Since Ava lost Kelly, things haven't been going so well. Even before she gets thrown out of school for shouting at the principal, there's the simmering rage and all the weird destructive choices. T...
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An independent spirit
In 1774, a fourteen-year-old Quakeress makes a daring all-night ride to warn General Skinner that Lord Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, is headed toward the Outer Banks--threatening her home and...
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