Written by Herself: Women's Memoirs from Britain, Africa, Asia, and the United StatesJill K. Conway Vintage Books, 1996 "The bestselling author of The Road from Coorain presents an extraordinarily powerful anthology of the autobiographical writings of 25 women, literary predecessors and contemporaries that include Jane Addams, Zora Neale Hurst, Harriet Jacobs, Ellen Glasgow, Maya Angelou, Sara Josephine Baker, Margaret Mead, Gloria Steinem, and Maxine Hong Kingston."--Provided by publisher. |
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... land was prepos- terous . But some of the effects were also visible . The native pasture land was denuded of scrub , the grass eaten down to the roots and this had been followed by erosion which had left great wounds in the sides of the ...
... land was prepos- terous . But some of the effects were also visible . The native pasture land was denuded of scrub , the grass eaten down to the roots and this had been followed by erosion which had left great wounds in the sides of the ...
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... land below . We grew coffee on my farm . The land was in itself a little too high for coffee , and it was hard work to keep it going ; we were never rich on the farm . But a coffee - plantation is a thing that gets hold of you and does ...
... land below . We grew coffee on my farm . The land was in itself a little too high for coffee , and it was hard work to keep it going ; we were never rich on the farm . But a coffee - plantation is a thing that gets hold of you and does ...
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Jill K. Conway. I had six thousand acres of land , and had thus got much spare land besides the coffee - plantation . Part of the farm was native for- est , and about one thousand acres were squatters ' land , what they called their ...
Jill K. Conway. I had six thousand acres of land , and had thus got much spare land besides the coffee - plantation . Part of the farm was native for- est , and about one thousand acres were squatters ' land , what they called their ...
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Margery Perham 18951982 | 2 |
from TESTAMENT OF YOUTH | 66 |
Angelica Garnett 1918 | 117 |
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