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Mary E. Lyons

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Mary E. Lyons, a former teacher and librarian, became a full-time writer in 1993. She is the author of nineteen books for young readers published by Scribner, Atheneum, Henry Holt, Houghton Mifflin and Oxford University Press.

Born and raised in the American South, Mary Lyons lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband, Paul. Her publications for adults include The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia (History Press, 2014), The Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad (History Press, 2015), and Slave Labor on Virginia’s Blue Ridge Railroad (History Press, 2020).

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	Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs 3.92 avg rating — 621 ratings — published 1992 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Ellen Bee: A Civil War Scrapbook of Two Union Spies by Mary E. Lyons (Goodreads Author), Muriel Branch, Marc Tauss (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roy Makes a Car by Mary E. Lyons (Goodreads Author), Terry Widener (Illustrator) 3.59 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers 4.21 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters from a Slave Boy: The Story of Joseph Jacobs 3.63 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raw Head, Bloody Bones: African-American Tales of the Supernatural 3.47 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feed the Children First: Irish Memories of the Great Hunger 4.13 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia 3.68 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sorrow's Kitchen: The Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston 3.81 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poison Place 3.61 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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48 hours to book launch

The History Press officially published The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia two days ago.

It's an odd feeling to see five years of research and writing finally within the covers of an actual book with paper pages (it's already available as a Multi-touch book for the iPad or any iMac with OS 10).

I really have high hopes for the book launch sponsored by Over the Read more of this blog post »

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Published on February 27, 2014 13:01 • Tags: blue-ridge-tunnel

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Mary Lyons made a comment on William Rowe’s review of The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia " This book is definitely THE book to read if someone wants a concise introduction to the laborers who built the Blue Ridge Tunnel. For much more about ...more "
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