Traces the life of Lucretia Mott, an active leader of the abolitionist and feminist movements, from her humble roots in New England to her days at a New York Quaker boarding school, and through her decades of social service in Philadelphia.
Traces the life of the woman who became known as the "Grandmother of the Glades" for her fight to preserve the Florida Everglades against misuse and development.
Visitors, spectators, and residents of Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925 describe, in a series of free-verse poems, the Scopes "monkey trial" and its effects on that small town and its citizens.
The lively text and inspired paintings that make up this biography stunningly reveal the blind boy who was so determined to read that he invented his own alphabet.
Like many of August Wilson's plays, this story is told in two acts, revealing how Wilson grew up to be one of the most influential American playwrights.