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Apr 02, 2014
Very interesting segment of Southern history
This is an excellent book that everyone interested in mixed race people, Louisiana history and the Civil War should read. A little known segment of life in the Southern United States about mixed race people who were bought out of slavery by their own mother, one at a time. They became prosperous and lived in fine houses. Their children were educated by French tutors. Their houses furnished lavishly. They not only fought for the South, they furnished guns and horses. They proved what mixed blood people could accomplish given a chance.
Jane Long: A Child's Pictorial History-ExLibrary
Apr 25, 2018
Wonderful Child's Historical Biography of an Important Texas Woman
This Wonderful Child's Historical Biography of an Important Texas Woman is very well researched. It has a wealth of information about where to find museum items and homes where Jane Long once lived, plus many great photos including some not available anywhere else. It is easy to see the author and illustrator love and respect their audience.
Aug 02, 2007
Great Book About Jamestown Archeological Dig
This is a very good book about Jamestown. A lot of information has been buried there for 400 years. The color photos add a lot to the value of this book. I am researching the Lost Colony of Roanoke and Jamestown. Surprisingly, they were more closely related than previously thought. Many surnames are the same leading researchers to believe some came to Jamestown seeking their lost family members.
Also three of my ancestors were at Jamestown. My ancestor's sister, Anne Burras was the first English woman to marry and the first to give birth to a child in the New World. (a surviving daughter they named Virginia) She was 14 and pregnant during the Starving Time. This knowledge has really brought this all into focus for me. I can't even imagine the suffering of the colonists from these first settlement attempts.
This book was new and in perfect condition. I always check eBay first. The savings were considerable.
Lost Colony Researcher
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