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The All True Travels and Adventures of Liddie Newton
The All True Travels and Adventures of Liddie Newton Author:Jane Smiley This historical novel, set in the 1850s, is about an independent-minded young woman named Lidie Harkness. She impulsively marries an abolitionist she hardly knows, and sets off with him from Illinois to the Kansas Territory--a venue that challenges even Lidie's ability to cope with hardship. Jane Smiley brings the period, and the bittersweet adv... more »entures of her quirky characters, to vibrant life.« less