These is my Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy Turner Paperback Book

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Rent These is my Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901

Author: Nancy Turner

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Published: Apr 2008

Genre: Fiction - Historical - General

Retail Price: $18.99

Pages: 416

Synopsis

'A thread of truth can weave a powerful story. Plumb powerful, as Sarah Prine might say....Taking great-grandmother Sarah's diary as an inspiration, Tucson novelist Nancy E. Turner has spun a frontier novel that teeters on the fine edge of truth and fiction...simply place an 1880's map of the Southwest next to the book and enjoy the ride.

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