BOOKS by Louise Meriwether

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1	Daddy Was a Number Runner more books like this by Louise Meriwether add to wishlist Francie, aged 12, watches as her father loses his job and, out of desperation, begins running numbers. When he leaves the family, her mother must go on government assistance. Francie's brother winds up in jail, while Francie herself struggles to maintain her self-possession in an increasingly chaotic and hostile world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Shadow Dancing more books like this by Louise Meriwether add to wishlist Glenda is a journalist at the top of her profession. When she falls in love with a charismatic theatre director who is also a nightmare-haunted Vietnam vet, Glenda must draw on all her strengths if the relationship is to survive. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
3	Fragments of the Ark more books like this by Louise Meriwether add to wishlist In the tradition of Alex Haley's Roots, Fragments of the Ark tells the heroic story of Peter Mango, a South Carolina slave whose daring Civil War escape from Confederate Charleston to the Union Navy brings him face-to-face with his freedom--and still closer to his own soul. From the author of Daddy Was a Number Runner. "Incredibly moving".--Maya ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Heart Man: Dr. Daniel Hale Williams more books like this by Louise Meriwether add to wishlist A brief biography of the black surgeon who performed the first successful heart operation in 1893. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
5	The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls more books like this by Louise Meriwether add to wishlist A brief biography of the slave who escaped to freedom with his family and other runaway slaves on a captured Confederate gunboat. see all copies from $1.99!
6	Don't Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story more books like this by Louise Meriwether add to wishlist A brief biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on the bus marked the beginning of the civil rights movement. see all copies from $25.00! first editions
7	Francie's Harlem by Louise Meriwether add to wishlist see all copies from $6.95!

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