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Reliance, Illinois
- By: Mary Volmer
- Narrator: Mary Volmer
- Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 10, 2016
- Language: English
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Reliance, Illinois tells the story of a young woman faced with choices that will alter the course of her own future, and offers a brilliant window into American life during a period of tumultuous change. Illinois, 1874: With a birthmark covering... Read more
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