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Eliza
by Margaret McNamara
Illustrator: Esmé Shapiro
Ages: 9+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books/Random House/PRH
ISBN: 978-1-5247-6588-0
Keywords: Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, child pioneer, Orphans, anti-slavery
A wife emerges from the shadow of her famous husband in imaginary letters revealing her varied strengths. Primitive-style mixed media illustrations. Back matter.