{"product_id":"from-mud-pies-to-memories","title":"From Mud Pies To Memories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor a signed copy, purchase on this website. You can also purchase on Amazon for free shipping.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNinety Years of a Kansas Farm Girl’s Journey to Professor, Mother, and Matriarch\u003cbr\u003eBorn on a Kansas farm in 1935—the youngest of twelve children—Ruth Geraldine Burnett Dorsey has\u003cbr\u003elived a life that stretches from horse-drawn wagons to 18-wheelers, kerosene lamps to computers,\u003cbr\u003esegregated classrooms to college lecture halls.\u003cbr\u003eIn these warm, funny, and deeply honest pages, Ruth invites you to:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWalk the dusty lane to the Burnett farm, a 40-acre plot purchased by a formerly enslaved man in 1883, and has been held in the family for over 128 years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSit under the big shade tree where homemade ice cream churned and family stories flowed like sweet tea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRide hay wagons, attend chicken funerals, dodge mean pigs, and meet a mule named Old Bourbon and a dog named Ring.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWatch a little Black girl navigate Jim Crow, integration, and unequal school systems—and still graduate at the top of her class.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollow her journey from a one-room schoolhouse to Kansas State Teachers College, and on to Compton Community College, where she taught for 30 years, mentored countless students, and helped put Compton College on the map.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTravel with her from Kansas to Maryland, Mississippi, California, and finally Georgia, where she now shares life with her children and grandchildren.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold in her own voice—with humor, grit, and a whole lot of faith—Ruth’s story is a rare and beautiful\u003cbr\u003erecord of:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack farm ownership and survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFamily loyalty and everyday courage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA woman who refused to let racism, hardship, or age define her limits.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow in her 90s, Ruth knows she is the last of the original Burnett children left to tell it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ms Ro's Dance Closet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43351180771418,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/7155\/2090\/files\/EBOOKFROMMUDPIESTOMORIES29032026-Ebook.jpg?v=1778520763","url":"https:\/\/msrosdancecloset.com\/products\/from-mud-pies-to-memories","provider":"Ms. Ro's Dance Closet ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}