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[A] carefully researched, vividly personal account of the life of Julia Ann Hooks -- a courageous woman, educated, talented, vulnerable, and Black in a time of tumultuous significance. This book takes Julia Hooks through slavery to freedom to carpetbagging and …

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[A] carefully researched, vividly personal account of the life of Julia Ann Hooks -- a courageous woman, educated, talented, vulnerable, and Black in a time of tumultuous significance. This book takes Julia Hooks through slavery to freedom to carpetbagging and then to Beale Street. Her life, her loves, her marriages, her work were all conducted with dignity and honor.

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"[A] carefully researched, vividly personal account of the life of Julia Ann Hooks -- a courageous woman, educated, talented, vulnerable, and Black in a time of tumultuous significance. This book …"

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