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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Lizzie's Story: A Slave Family's Journey to Freedomby: Clarice Boswell  Amazon.com's Price: $15.50 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780759699205 ISBN: 0759699208 Label: 1st Books Library Manufacturer: 1st Books Library Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 148 Publication Date: June 14, 2002 Publisher: 1st Books Library Studio: 1st Books Library Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: This book is unique because if its factual embellishment that creates a depth of interest that will enable the read to visualize imagine and follow the life and impact of slavery on a family longing for freedom. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great book for Black History MonthAnyone who gives this book anything less than 4 or 5 stars missed the mark. "Lizzie's Story: A Slave Family's Journey To Freedom" by Clarice Boswell is a testament to a writer who really put in a massive amount of work to bring her story to life. Clarice researched her families history through bibles and by talking with family members, although a few names have been changed she says the story is true. Some of her families archives date back to 1876. The book even includes pictures of her family ... Read More Rating:  - Lizzie's Story: factual embellishment?This book is most distressing. In having read the first fifty pages so far, there are repeated recounts of slave mistreatment at the hands of exploiting, violent, and just plain mean masters. There is sexual assault that leaves its victim unable to have children, there is a scenario where the mistress neglects her own child, locking the child in a room; there is an incident of slapping a slave, and several instances of beatings, detailed graphically. There is the division of a child from her parents. Read More 
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