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Zora Neale Hurston

by Katherine

This stamp commemorates Zora Neale Hurston. Zora was born in Eatonville, Florida in 1903. She was a bright girl with a very mischievous spirit. She liked to listen to people reading wonderful books on the back porch of the town's general store. Zora was a very good writer. She collected wonderful folktales. She wrote a very popular novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.