An historical fiction book portraying temperance, abolition and women’s rights as the sparks that lit the First Woman’s Rights Convention

Drunks, slave catchers and 19th century chauvinists trigger the women’s rights movement

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—Chapter One —

I sprawl on my back like a lazy scarecrow and stare through the barn’s rooftop windows. A cloud shaped like a mule’s head wiggles long, white ears, and I feel the strong pull of the canal. Across the yard, Ma’s in a tizzy, sweeping and dusting, getting our boarding house ready for his royal highness, Abner Manning, the dump’s owner.

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This historical fiction book about women’s rights, abolition and temperance set along a quiet canal is Georgia Ann Mullen’s first novel in the Canal Tales series.

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