BOOKS by Louise Meriwether

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1	Daddy Was a Number Runner more books like this by Louise Meriwether The prospects for a 12-year-old girl growing up in Harlem in the 1930s are somewhat limited. As Francie Coffin learns, you either sell your body, wash other people's clothes, run poker games or have a baby every year. This is the story of her triumph of integrity in the world of ghetto life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Fragments of the Ark more books like this by Louise Meriwether 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 $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Shadow Dancing more books like this by Louise Meriwether 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
4	The Heart Man: Dr. Daniel Hale Williams more books like this by Louise Meriwether A brief biography of the black surgeon who performed the first successful heart operation in 1893. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
5	The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls more books like this by Louise Meriwether 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 $3.50! first editions
6	Don't Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story more books like this by Louise Meriwether 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 $8.32! first editions
7	Francie's Harlem by Louise Meriwether see all copies from $7.95!

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