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My memoirs. : [Poems]
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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A photocopy of a privately printed memoir of Anna Grace Evans, who, at the time of printing, was 108 years old. The memoir begins with a history of her parents and continues through her own life and the lives of her husband and children. She describes growing up at the end of the 19th century in the American West, especially in Kansas and Colorado. Though her father was a shoemaker and her family usually lived in town, Evans goes into great detail about farm life, cowboys, ranching, Native Americans, and the challenge of trying to survive in a sometimes-hostile climate; but Evans also relates many stories of going to church, to dances, and enjoying a busy social life in the places where she lived. The memoir ends with a detailed timeline of events in her husband's life which includes important dates for Anna Grace and the other members of the family. Though the original memoir was printed in 1981, it is not noted when this photocopy was made or by whom.
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