Blazing a Trail: The Story of Minna Anthony Common

Blazing a Trail: The Story of Minna Anthony Common is a narrative non-fiction book that recognizes a North Country New York woman whose vast contributions to nature education and botany have been virtually unexplored. From the very beginning Minna Anthony Common was different from her peers. Her mother died within months of her birth and her father overwhelmed by grief abandoned her never to be seen again. Raised by her grandmother she was denied the opportunity to benefit from a full tuition sc...See More