'English version of Historia de la monja alfâerez (1988), the 'autobiographical' account of a Basque woman who fled convent life in Spain; made her way to the Indies disguised as a page boy; and spent 22 years as a soldier in the colonies, mostly in Chile and the Perus, in early 17th century. Traditionally rejected as a work of fiction, Catalina de Erauso's story has been verified - to the extent that verification is possible - as well as authenticated by recent scholarship. [MTH]'--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/Traces the life of the seventeenth-century Basque man, who dressed as a woman

An anthology is organized around four recurring images--the circle, the veil, water, and song--that form the basis of the rich African-American literary tradition.

Full-color and black-and-white photographs illustrate a collection of vivid narrative passages from the diaries, letters, and autobiographies of slaves, passages that detail the many facets of slavery in America.

The creatures sewn onto Snuggle Piggy's magic blanket, who come alive at night and dance with him in the moonlight, are endangered one stormy night when the blanket is left outdoors after being washed