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Slave Labor on Virginia's Blue Ridge Railroad

By: Mary E. Lyons

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Slave Labor on Virginia's Blue Ridge Railroad

By: Mary E. Lyons

Between 1849 and 1859, Virginia raced to pierce the Blue Ridge Mountains by rail and reach the Ohio River. At least 300 enslaved people labored involuntarily toward that goal, along with 1,500 Irish immigrants. The state leased the labor of enslaved Virginians from local slaveholders, including four connected with nearby University of Virginia. Blue Ridge Tunnel and Blue Ridge Railroad historian Mary E. Lyons explored hundreds of primary documents to write the first nonfiction book about slave labor on a specific antebellum railroad. She shares hundreds of enslaved people's names, traces where they toiled along the line and describes their backbreaking--and sometimes fatal--tasks.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439669473

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9781439669471

The Blue Ridge Tunnel

A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia

By: Mary E. Lyons

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The Blue Ridge Tunnel

A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia

By: Mary E. Lyons

The true story of the construction of the historic Crozet railroad tunnel—as seen through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it. In one of the greatest engineering feats of the time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. More than a century and a half later, the tunnel stands as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolved to find something to call their own. They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. In this intriguing history, Mary E. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet’s famed tunnel—and their American dream. Includes photos and illustrations

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625849524

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9781625849526

Dear Ellen Bee

A Civil War Scrapbook of Two Union Spies

By: Mary E. Lyons,Muriel Miller Branch

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Dear Ellen Bee

A Civil War Scrapbook of Two Union Spies

By: Mary E. Lyons,Muriel Miller Branch

Elizabeth Van Lew, a wealthy socialite and abolitionist, joins forces with Mary Eliza Bowser, the daughter of two of Van Lew's family's freed slaves, to work for the Union cause during the Civil War. This fictional account is based on a true story.

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184

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Simon and Schuster

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0689823797

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9780689823794

Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad, The

By: Mary E. Lyons

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Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad, The

By: Mary E. Lyons

In 1849, Virginia began a bold railroad expansion toward the Ohio River and its lucrative trade connections. The project's plan covered 423 miles and called for piercing two mountain chains with three railroads. The Blue Ridge Railroad was the shortest of these but crossed the most mountainous terrain. At times, hired slaves, who prepared the tracks, and Irish immigrants, who blasted the tunnels, faced challenges that seemed almost insurmountable. Many were killed by explosions and falling rock. Those deaths often resulted in labor strikes. The unrest slowed progress and haunted chief engineer Claudius Crozet for seven years. In this first full-length history of the Blue Ridge Railroad, award-winning author Mary E. Lyons uses a wealth of historical documents to describe construction on what Crozet called "dangerous ground.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467118931

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9781467118934

The Ancient American World

By: William Leonard Fash,Mary E. Lyons

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The Ancient American World

By: William Leonard Fash,Mary E. Lyons

Middle schoolers never had it so good! Complete your ancient history collection with this series for students in grades 6 -8. A unique and engrossing collaboration between scholars and young adult fiction writers, The World in Ancient Times covers the ancient world from India to Greece, America to China. Each chapter is filled to the brim with the widest possible range of primary sources, giving each history lesson the texture missing from many general introductions.

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Steck-Vaughn

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0195222474

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9780195222470

The Butter Tree

Tales Of Bruh Rabbit

By: Mary E. Lyons

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The Butter Tree

Tales Of Bruh Rabbit

By: Mary E. Lyons

Fooled you! Bruh Rabbit is always playing tricks. He tricks Bruh Bear out of bed and eats his fish. He tricks Bruh Wolf out of the butter from his butter tree--then he proves that it was Wolf who ate it. He even serves oven-fried wolf to his children. But sometimes Bruh Rabbit gets fooled too. Retelling six authentic Bruh Rabbit stories that were recorded in Beaufort County and Murrells Inlet in South Carolina, author Mary Lyons has captured their madcap spirit. A longtime reading teacher and librarian, she uses simple, strong words that allow first readers to make their own way through Bruh Rabbit's (mis)adventures. Mireille Vautier's explosion of primary colors, and her sly, knowing rabbit, add a second smile to every story.

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Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

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1466883324

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9781466883321

Keeping Secrets

The Girlhood Diaries of Seven Women Writers

By: Mary E. Lyons

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Keeping Secrets

The Girlhood Diaries of Seven Women Writers

By: Mary E. Lyons

Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Forten, Kate Chopin, Sarah Jane Foster, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Ida B. Wells, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman were 19th century young women who grew up to be novelists, poets, essayists, or journalists. Keeping a private diary helped each girl find her public voice. "A collection of seven literary biographies liberally sprinkled with brief quotations from the subjects' diaries, written when they were young adults." - School Library Journal, starred review "Lyons writes with style and feeling, creating a strong sense of each individual life story, even as she gives us a social history of what it was like to be a woman at that time. ... Any teen who keeps a journal will recognize what the title implies: the private world behind the mask of duty." - Booklist

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Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

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1627798846

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9781627798846

The Poison Place

A Novel

By: Mary E. Lyons

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The Poison Place

A Novel

By: Mary E. Lyons

A former slave named Moses reminisces about his famous owner, Charles Willson Peale, and the intrigue surrounding Peale's son's suspicious death.

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Simon and Schuster

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0689811462

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9780689811463

Letters from a Slave Boy

The Story of Joseph Jacobs

By: Mary E. Lyons

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Letters from a Slave Boy

The Story of Joseph Jacobs

By: Mary E. Lyons

In this companion novel to Letters from a Slave Girl, Joseph’s stirring quest for freedom and identity is told through letters against the backdrop of some of the most exciting and turbulent times in American history. Like his mother and grandmother before him, Joseph Jacobs was born into slavery. Joseph lives with his grandmother and sister in North Carolina, but he has not seen his mother for more than seven years. Unbeknownst to Joseph, his mother, Harriet, has been hiding from her owner in the attic of the house that Joseph lives in. But when Harriet's hiding place is in danger of being revealed, she is forced to flee north to safety only moments after being reunited with her family. Devastated by losing his mother for the second time, Joseph begins to ponder the nature of the world he lives in. Soon Joseph, seeking freedom and a place where he can be himself, follows his mother north. As he searches for answers, Joseph experiences life in Massachusetts, California, Australia, and aboard a whaling ship—but there’s no place where Joseph feels that he can truly be free.

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163

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Simon and Schuster

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1439132461

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9781439132463

Knockabeg

A Famine Tale

By: Mary E. Lyons

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Knockabeg

A Famine Tale

By: Mary E. Lyons

The faeries of Knockabeg become involved in the Irish potato famine as they wage war on each other.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0618092838

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9780618092833

Sorrow's Kitchen

The Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston

By: Mary E. Lyons

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Sorrow's Kitchen

The Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston

By: Mary E. Lyons

Describes the life and work of the prolific black author who wrote stories, plays, essays, and articles, recorded black folklore, and was involved in the Harlem Renaissance.

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Simon and Schuster

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0020444451

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9780020444459

Letters From a Slave Girl

The Story of Harriet Jacobs

By: Mary E. Lyons

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Letters From a Slave Girl

The Story of Harriet Jacobs

By: Mary E. Lyons

Based on the true story of Harriet Ann Jacobs, Letters from a Slave Girl reveals in poignant detail what thousands of African American women had to endure not long ago, sure to enlighten, anger, and never be forgotten. Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery; it's the only life she has ever known. Now, with the death of her mistress, there is a chance she will be given her freedom, and for the first time Harriet feels hopeful. But hoping can be dangerous, because disappointment is devastating. Harriet has one last hope, though: escape to the North. And as she faces numerous ordeals, this hope gives her the strength she needs to survive.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439108773

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9781439108772

Travel Wise with Children

101 Games and Ideas to Make Family Travel Fun for Everyone

By: Mary Rodgers Bundren

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Travel Wise with Children

101 Games and Ideas to Make Family Travel Fun for Everyone

By: Mary Rodgers Bundren

Presents a collection of one hundred one games and ideas for children when traveling, and offers tips on involving children in the planning of a trip, games with postcards, and more.

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Gramercy

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0517222620

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9780517222621

Science and Health

With Key to the Scriptures

By: Mary Baker Eddy

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Science and Health

With Key to the Scriptures

By: Mary Baker Eddy

First published in 1875 and read by more than eight million people, this nondenominational book has a 119-year history of healing and inspiration. To attract a new audience, this time-honored message of healing has a powerful new cover, easy-to-read page layout, and word index. Named one of "75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World".

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187864100X

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9781878641007

Letters From a Slave Girl

The Story of Harriet Jacobs

By: Mary E. Lyons

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Letters From a Slave Girl

The Story of Harriet Jacobs

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Sorrow's Kitchen

The Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston

By: Mary E. Lyons

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Sorrow's Kitchen

The Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston

By: Mary E. Lyons

Describes the life and work of the prolific black author who wrote stories, plays, essays, and articles, recorded black folklore, and was involved in the Harlem Renaissance.

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