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Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915 and Frank Beard, 1842-1905, illustrated by
An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work.
Toronto, Ont.; Naperville, Ill.: J. L. Nichols & Co., c1901.

"THIS FIRED MY AMBITION TO LEARN TO READ, AS NOTHING HAD
DONE BEFORE."

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Subjects:
  • Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915--Childhood & youth.
  • Reading--West Virginia--Malden.
  • African Americans--West Virginia--Malden.