Publisher's Synopsis
Transcriptions of the letters of Lucia Rebecka Brown (1894-1986) describe growing up in St. Paul, Minnesota, attending Macalester College, teaching high school in small Minnesota towns, seeking jobs during the Depression, and selling magazines. Includes some letters of her father, Dr. LeRoy Brown (1855-1932); her mother, Mina Allen Brown (1863-1909); her sisters, Mariea and Marguerite; her Uncle John Isaac Finlayson's family; her Aunt Alexandria "Lexy" Finlayson McKay's family; and neighbors and friends Matilda and Margaret Wallblom.