Wyniki wyszukiwania:

"We are less damaged by the traumas of childhood than by the traumatic way we remember childhood." Psychologist James Hillman "'And I thought I'd Be a Nun' is a heart-wrenching, true, family drama about the life, trials, and tribulations of author, Georgianne Landy-Kordis. No book comes closer to exposing the depths of a woman's soul. Forced to deal with extraordinary hardships, death, rejection, abuse, and a struggle to rise above obstacles that would break the spirit of most people, Georgianne shows true strength as she perseveres and overcomes what life has thrown at her. Ms. Landy-Kordis...

Based on true accounts. Mary Fields was born into slavery. She was allowed to grow up with her owners' daughter, Molly and was taught to read and write. After emancipation, Mary found it difficult to remain close to her childhood friend and struggled with many jobs throughout her life. At sixty years old, Mary became the first black woman mail carrier and became known as "Stagecoach" Mary. Even though she frequented saloons, smoked cigars and fought like a man, she was loved by the town of Cascade and given more privileges than a white woman.

Raised a slave, Bass Reeves becomes one of the first black U.S. Deputy Marshal's appointed by Judge Isaac Parker to uphold the law in the untamed, lawless Indian Territory in the 1800's.