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Carolina built : a novel /

Josephine N. Leary is determined to build a life of her own, and a future for her family. When she moves to Edenton, North Carolina from the plantation where she was born, she is free, newly married and ready to follow her dreams. As the demands of life pull Josephine's attention-deepening her...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Alexander, Kianna (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Gallery Books, [2022].
Subjects:	Leary, Josephine Napoleon, > approximately 1856-1923 > Fiction. Motherhood > Fiction. Marriage > Fiction. African American businesspeople > Fiction. Businesswomen > Fiction. Real property > Fiction. Freed persons > Fiction. North Carolina > Fiction. FICTION / Biographical. FICTION / Historical / Civil War Era. FICTION / African American & Black / Historical.

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