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Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske, was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native Americans by the U.S. government.

Nelly's Silver Mine A Story of Colorado Life is a classic children's book by Helen Hunt Jackson that was originally published in 1878. The story is about a young girl and her family who move from their home in New England to a small town in Colorado and the start of a new life... Read Full Overview

Nelly's Silver Mine: A Story of Colorado Life has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current... Read Full Overview

It was Christmas morning; and Nelly March and her brother Rob were lying wide awake in their beds, wondering if it would do for them to get up and look in their stockings to see what Santa Claus had brought them. Nelly and Rob were twins; but you would never have thought so,... Read Full Overview

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Nelly's Silver Mine: A Story of Colorado Life, written by Helen Hunt Jackson and first published in 1910, is a novel that explores the life of a young girl named Nelly, who lives in the Colorado mining town of Rosita. Nelly's father is a miner who has been searching for silver... Read Full Overview

Nelly's Silver Mine: A Story of Colorado Life is a novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson in 1910. The story revolves around a young girl named Nelly, who lives with her grandfather in a small mining town in Colorado. When her grandfather dies, Nelly inherits his silver mine, which... Read Full Overview

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview

"Nelly's Silver Mine" from Helen Hunt Jackson. American poet and writer (1830-1885).