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01831aam a2200313 i 4500 001 D05FEB98B26311E8BB1AE23C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180907010357 008 170822s2018 nmu s000 1 eng 010 $a 2017036424 020 $a 0826359302 020 $a 9780826359308 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3551.V375 $b F68 2018 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Averill, Thomas Fox, $d 1949- $e author. 245 10 $a Found documents from the life of Nell Johnson Doerr : $b a novel / $c Thomas Fox Averill. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Albuquerque : $b University of New Mexico Press, $c 2018. 300 $a viii, 206 pages ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a Not just epistolary, this novel is archival, told entirely through journals, letters, photos, drawings, notes and clippings left behind by Nell Doerr, who lived in Lawrence, Kansas, between 1854-1889. Although Nell seems so real you can reach out and touch her, she is a fictional character. The novel tells the story of her two stillborn babies, her move to Kansas, the loss of her husband in Quantrill's Raid, and her discovery, while hiding in her basement, of the fossils of ancient creatures in the foundation rock. In finding those specimens this unforgettable heroine finds herself, a woman unconventional and strong, a mother without children, a wife without a husband, a scientist without educational pedigree, and someone who nurtures her passion for nature and contributes to the scientific knowledge of her time. 650 0 $a Epistolary fiction. 650 0 $a Historical fiction. 650 0 $a Lawrence Massacre, Lawrence, Kan., 1863. 651 0 $a Kansas $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20180907012147.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D05FEB98B26311E8BB1AE23C97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search