Moving the Millers' Minnie Moore Mine Mansion

By Dave Eggers, Júlia Sardà (Illustrator)

Annie defies the town by rolling her mansion away on logs, pigs and all.

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56 pages· 1,144 words· Est. 13 min read

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Bookroo's summary

Annie Miller, left with only a mansion after being swindled, raises pigs in her yard. When the town demands their removal, she takes an unexpected stand. Instead of moving the pigs, Annie rolls her entire mansion away on logs, with her son still inside. This whimsical true story of resilience and creativity unfolds with humor and charm, leaving readers to wonder: how far will Annie go to protect her home and her pigs? Discover a tale where history meets ingenuity in the most unexpected way.

From the publisher

Author Dave Eggers and artist Júlia Sardà spin a quirky historical event into a whimsical and tall-ish true tale of American ingenuity. Make way for history as only Dave Eggers could stage it. It all started when John “Minnie” Moore built a mine in Idaho and sold it to Englishman Henry Miller. Then Henry married a local lass named Annie and built her a mansion, hence the “Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion.” After Henry died and Annie was hoodwinked–losing all but the mansion–she and her son took to raising pigs in the yard, as some are wont to do. But the town wanted those pigs out. Who could have guessed that Annie and her crew would remove the whole mansion instead–rolling it away slowly on logs–while she and her son were still living in it? Narrated with metafictional flair, this delightfully illustrated picture book is proof positive that nonfiction can be as lively and artful as any storybook.

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