Author: BEARDEN, JIM; BUTLER, LINDA JEAN [SIGNED]
Title: Shadd: The Life and Times of Mary Shadd Cary
Description: Toronto, ON, Canada: N C Press, Limited, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0919600743. Signed and dated, without inscription, by both authors upon title page. pp. 233, [25]. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Black and white diagrams and reproductions of archival photos. "Shadd was the first black woman on the North American continent to found and edit a weekly newspaper, publishing The Provincial Freeman in Windsor, Toronto, and Chatham during the 1850s... Her story is not simply that of a black and a woman, but of a unique and exciting human being whose life should be a stimulation and a challenge to all people everywhere." - back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this significant biography.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Mary Shadd Cary, Pioneer Black Women - Canada, The Provincial Freeman, Educators - Canada - biography, Women Black - Canada - Biography; Signed by Author(s). Very Good .

Keywords: 0919600743