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February 24, 1955

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A history graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Lisa Waller Rogers writes history stories that are accurate as well as compelling. Each of her five published books have garnered consistent acclaim. A Texas Sampler: Historical Recollections, a Texas Institute of Letters Finalist, was endorsed by First Lady Laura Bush. Angel of the Alamo, was a Texas State Reading Association Golden Spur Award Nominee. Get Along, Little Dogies: The Chisholm Trail Diary of Hallie Lou Wells was a Lamplighter Award Finalist as was The Great Storm: The Hurricane Diary of J.T. King, Galveston, 1900 which won the Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Outstanding Juvenile Book Winner. Remember the Alamo: The Runaway Scrape Diary of Belle Wood was hailed as “a ...more

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	When People Were Things: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln, and the Emancipation Proclamation 4.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Storm: The Hurricane Diary of J. T. King, Galveston, Texas, 1900 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remember the Alamo!: The Runaway Scrape Diary of Belle Wood, Austin's Colony, 1835-1836 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Get Along, Little Dogies: The Chisholm Trail Diary of Hallie Lou Wells 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Texas Sampler: Historical Recollections 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angel of the Alamo : A True Story of Texas by Lisa Waller Rogers (Goodreads Author), Gwen Thigpen (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Nellie Bly: Charles Dickens’ Visit to Blackwell’s Island Asylum 1842 – Part 4

One day, during my stay in New York, I paid a visit to the different public institutions on Long Island, or Rhode Island: I forget which. One of them is a Lunatic Asylum. The building is handsome; and is remarkable for a spacious and elegant staircase. The whole structure is not yet finished, but it is already one of considerable size and extent, and is capable of accommodating a very large

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Sheltering the Jews: Stories Of Holocaust Rescuers

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