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Love twelve miles longLove twelve miles long

Love twelve miles long

Glenda Armand

4.0(1)on Hardcover

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In 1820s Maryland, Frederick's mother, who is a slave on a different plantation, walks twelve miles each way for a nighttime visit with her son, during which she recounts what each mile of the journey represents. Based on the childhood of Frederick Douglass.

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OL Work ID
OL16485811W

Subjects

Mothers and sonsChildhood and youthSlaveryFictionChildren's fictionSlavery, fictionMothers and sons, fiction

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