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A Book Report On Annie Oakley
August 13, 1860
Annie Oakley’s real name was Phoebe Ann Moses.She was born on August 13, 1860 in Darke County, Ohio on a small farm with her parents Jacob and Susan Moses and her brothers and sisters.When she was young she would go out into the woods and watch her father hunt. She always wanted to shoot her father's gun. Tragically, her father died when she was only five years old.

1871-1873
When her father died she was sent to the Darke County Infirmary when she was nine.The owners of the infirmary said she always did her best. Unfortunately, the nice comment reached the wrong ears. A man came by to get her and said that him and his wife would take good care of her and give her good education and plenty to eat. Sadly, they didn’t.They

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