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A heart for any fate

A heart for any fate

Large Print 2012

Virginia, 1790. On the banks of the New River, twenty-year-old Hannah Allison is married to Willard Temple Cole. Among their guests is Dolley Todd, who will eventually become First Lady. Dolley gives Hannah a personal journal and encourages her to record her life. When the Coles decide to migrate to Kentucky, they are accompanied by Lucy, an Allison family slave, who stays with Hannah and helps with her growing family.