Patricia C. McKissack fue una reconocida autora estadounidense, muy respetada por su contribución a la literatura infantil. Escribió más de 100 libros a lo largo de su carrera, muchos de los cuales formaron parte de exitosas series como "Dear America", "The Clone Codes", "Scraps of Time", "Messy Bessey" y "Miami Jackson". Algunos de sus trabajos individuales más populares incluyen "Color Me Dark", "Look to the Hills", "The Royal Diaries: A Slave Girl", "The Great Migration North" y "French Slave Girl".
Nacida el 9 de agosto de 1944, la carrera de escritora de McKissack abarcó varias décadas y culminó en numerosos premios y reconocimientos. Junto con su esposo, Frederick McKissack, ganó la Medalla Regina en 1998. Frederick, quien falleció en abril de 2013, fue ingeniero civil en el Cuerpo de Marines de los Estados Unidos antes de dejar su carrera militar para escribir a tiempo completo con su esposa.
Además de su éxito junto a su esposo, McKissack también logró un gran reconocimiento como autora individual. Recibió la Mención de Honor Newbery y el Premio Coretta Scott King por "The Dark-Thirty" y "Porch Lies", ambos considerados Libros Notables por el ALA. Además, colaboró con Jerry Pinkney en "Goin' Someplace Special", que ganó el Premio Coretta Scott King, y en "Mirandy and Brother Wind", un libro de la Honor Caldecott. Patricia C. McKissack falleció el 7 de abril de 2017, dejando un valioso legado literario en la literatura infantil.
The Clone Codes Books
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The Clone Codes
2010
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Cyborg
2011
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The Visitors
2012
My Story Books
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A Picture Of Freedom
1997
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An African American Girl's Diary 1859
2015
Scraps of Time Books
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Abby Takes a Stand
2005
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Away West
2006
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A Song for Harlem
2007
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The Home-Run King
2008
Patricia C. McKissack Standalone Novels
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A Friendship for Today
2007
Patricia C. McKissack Chapter Books (with James Ransome, with Frederick L. McKissack)
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Let My People Go
1998
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Miami Gets It Straight
1999
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Amistad
2005
Patricia C. McKissack Collections
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The Dark-Thirty
1992
Libros de no ficción
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A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter
1989
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Ralph J. Bunche: Peacemaker
1991
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Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?
1992
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Christmas In The Big House, Christmas In The Quarters
1994
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Black Diamond: The Story Of The Negro Baseball Leagues
1994
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Rebels Against Slavery
1996
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Black Hands, White Sails: The Story Of African American Whalers
1999
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Best Shot in the West
2009
Libros de imágenes
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Ask the Kids
1981
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Never Forgotten
2011
Jerry Pinkney as Illustrator
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Tales from Africa
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The Ugly Duckling
1843
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The Little Match Girl
1845
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
1894
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The Education of Henry Adams
1918
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The Flowering of New England
1936
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Lolita
1955
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Rabbit, Run
1960
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The Adventures of Spider
1964
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This is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School
1965
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The Traveling Frog
1966
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A Book of Shapes & Sizes
1966
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The Beautiful Blue Jay, and other Tales of India
1967
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Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep
1967
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The Clock Museum
1967
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Folktales and Fairytales of Africa
1967
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Shoes, Pennies, and Rockets
1968
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Kostas the Rooster
1968
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Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish.
1969
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Babushka and the Pig
1969
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The Porcupine and the Tiger
1970
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Cora Annett's Homerhenry
1970
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The King's Ditch
1971
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The Planet of Junior Brown
1971
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Femi and Old Grandaddie
1972
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JD
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Kasho and the Twin Flutes.
1973
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Prince Littlefoot
1973
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Roots of Time
1974
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Song of the Trees
1975
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1975
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Yagua Days
1976
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The Winthrop Covenant
1976
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Gulliver's Travels
1977
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Selected plays
1977
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Ji-Nongo-Nongo Means Riddles
1978
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Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir
1979
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Tonweya and the Eagles
1979
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More Adventures of Spider
1980
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Count on Your Fingers African Style
1980
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Jahdu
1980
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Monster Myths of Ancient Greece
1981
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Apples On A Stick
1983
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The Patchwork Quilt
1985
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Half a Moon and One Whole Star
1986
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Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna
1987
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Pop-Up: Strange Animals of the Sea
1987
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Mirandy and Brother Wind
1988
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The Green Lion of Zion Street
1988
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More Tales of Uncle Remus
1988
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Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion
1989
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The Talking Eggs
1989
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Turtle in July
1989
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Home Place
1990
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Pretend You're a Cat
1990
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In for Winter, Out for Spring
1991
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The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket
1991
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David's Songs
1992
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Back Home
1992
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Drylongso
1992
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A Starlit Somersault Downhill
1993
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I Want to Be
1993
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New Shoes for Silvia
1993
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The Sunday Outing
1994
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John Henry
1994
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Tanya's Reunion
1995
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Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
1996
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Sam and the Tigers
1996
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The Hired Hand
1997
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Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
1998
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Journeys with Elijah
1999
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Aesop's Fables
2000
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Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream
2000
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Goin' Someplace Special
2001
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Noah's Ark
2002
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The Nightingale
2002
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God Bless the Child
2003
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The Old African
2005
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Music from Our Lord's Holy Heaven Book and CD
2005
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Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me
2007
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The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
2007
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The Moon Over Star
2008
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Sweethearts of Rhythm
2009
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A Starlit Snowfall
2011
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The First Adventures of Spider
2012
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The Further Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales
2012
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In Plain Sight
2016
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The Christmas Boot
2016
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A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
2018
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A Home in the Barn
2018
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Billie Holiday: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
2019
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The Little Mermaid
2020
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A Walk in the Woods
2023
The Royal Diaries Books
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Mary, Queen of Scots
1994
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Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile
1999
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Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor
1999
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Isabel: Jewel of Castilla
2000
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Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles
2000
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Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess
2000
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Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets
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Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South
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Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia
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Sŏndŏk: Princess of the Moon and Stars
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Eleanor, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine
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Kaiulani
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Jahanara, Princess Of Princesses
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Elisabeth: The Princess Bride
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Kristina: The Girl King
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Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba
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Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal
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Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven
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Anacaona: Golden Flower
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Catherine, The Great Journey
2006
Dear America Books
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When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
1996
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A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
1996
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Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart
1996
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I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
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A Picture Of Freedom
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Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
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Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
1998
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West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
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Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
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A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence
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Stationery Pack
1998
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Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912
1998
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The Great Railroad Race
1999
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My Heart is on the Ground
1999
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The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl
1999
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A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin
1999
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Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North
2000
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A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
2000
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My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941
2000
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One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938
2000
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Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932
2001
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Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846,
2001
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My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881
2001
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When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer
2002
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My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck
2002
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A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917
2002
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
2002
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932
2002
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Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935
2002
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So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
2003
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Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson
2003
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Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota
2003
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All the Stars in the Sky
2003
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Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849
2003
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Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763
2004
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Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909
2004
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I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691
2004
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The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941
2010
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Like the Willow Tree
2011
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Cannons at Dawn
2011
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With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954
2011
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Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880
2012
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Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose
2013
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A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906