The couturiere of Galvez; the dressmaker of Galveston
Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1993. Paperback. 164p., pictorial wrappers, 5.5x8.5 inches; illus., in very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author.
Young adult novel about an African American woman who was kidnapped from a plantation at 11 and how she became a renowned seamstress through trial and tribulation. Set in Galveston.
Cat.No: 283466
ISBN: 1571681612
Price: $20.00
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African American,
Child Labor,
Civil War,
Fashion; Sewing, design, haute couture,
Fiction, Novels, Prose, Literature,
Slavery,
US South, Southern States, American South,
Women
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