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The Life I Really Lived (The Penguin contemporary American fiction series)
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West's description of both herself and her family are done very well. J. West has much insight and a very intriguing view of the world. It is an exceptional book with a great plot. It has some humorous moments and some very tragic ones by the same token. The author keeps you quite interested in the book. It is one of the best books I have ever read.... »
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The Friendly Persuasion
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This is a perfectly delightful collection of stories about a family of Quakers, the Birdwells, in Civil War-era Indiana. For the most part, they center around the ongoing but largely unspoken battle between the somewhat free-spirited husband, Jess, who likes singing and horse racing and the like, and his more serious wife, Eliza. The themes dealt... »
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Cress Delahanty
When I was in sixth grade, the St. Louis Public Library still had a branch in the basement of our school, and it was there, in the "junior fiction" depart... »
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Except for Me and Thee
I got started reading Jessamyn West (although at the time I didn't know it) with Cress Delahanty. I could visualize and identify with Cress as a teenager... »
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The Massacre at Fall Creek
Jessamyn West is a great fictional writer of historical events. The Massacre at Fall Creek is great Midwest history, and is similar in style to James Ale... »
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