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Five thousand days like this one
an American family history
By Brox, Jane
- ISBN
- 978-0-80702-106-4
- Publisher
- Boston : Beacon Press, c1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1999
YA Pondering the recent death of her father, Brox reflects on her Lebanese and Italian heritage and the people who developed the farm in the Merrimack Valley of New England that she must now manage on her own. Using family reminiscences, archival materials, and quotations from Thoreau, she details the story of the stalwart men and women who formed the working communities of mill towns like Lowell and Lawrence-immigrants who struggled, slaved, and dreamed of a better life. Saving their meag...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
