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Sea Captain's Wife : A True Story of Love, Race, and War in the Nineteenth Century by Martha Hodes (2007, Perfect)
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Discover the compelling true story of a sea captain's wife, set against the backdrop of 19th century America. This book delves into themes of love, race, and war, as Martha Hodes brings to life the experiences of women in a time of great change. With vivid illustrations and clear prose, this biography & autobiography book is a must-read for anyone interested in American history.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10039333029X
ISBN-139780393330298
eBay Product ID (ePID)9038294001
Product Key Features
Book TitleSea Captain's Wife : a True Story of Love, Race, and War in the Nineteenth Century
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, United States / 19th Century, General
Publication Year2007
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorMartha Hodes
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight12.6 Oz
Item Length0.8 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Reviews[Hodes] has done an extraordinary job of writing the story of an ordinary New England woman who was a prolific letter writer and who made unusual decisions for her time., Eunice Richardson Stone Connolly's life is a road map to learning about 19th-century America...Those who love books about history will revel in the book's detail., Eunice Richardson Stone Connolly's life is a road map to learning about 19th-century America...Those who love books about history will revel in the book''s detail., Few researchers have the imagination or tenacity to reconstruct a lost life as carefully as Hodes has done...an absorbing account of a life reclaimed from obscurity.
Dewey Decimal306.84/6097309034
SynopsisA True Story of Love, Race, and War in the Nineteenth Century From five hundred family letters, award-winning historian Martha Hodes re-creates the extraordinary life of an ordinary woman -- Eunice Connolly's family divided over the Civil War, and she later married across the color line. This story of misfortune and defiance takes up grand themes of American history: opportunity and racism, slavery and war, equality and freedom., Martha Hodes, a professor of history at New York University, is the author of "White Women, Black Men," which won the Allan Nevins Prize for Literary Distinction. She lives in New York City and Swarthmore, Pennsylvania., A finalist for the Lincoln Prize, The Sea Captain's Wife "comes surprisingly, and movingly, alive" (Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly)., Award-winning historian Martha Hodes brings us into the extraordinary world of Eunice Connolly. Born white and poor in New England, Eunice moved from countryside to factory city, worked in the mills, then followed her husband to the Deep South. When the Civil War came, Eunice's brothers joined the Union army while her husband fought and died for the Confederacy. Back in New England, a widow and the mother of two, Eunice barely got by as a washerwoman, struggling with crushing depression. Four years later, she fell in love with a black sea captain, married him, and moved to his home in the West Indies. Following every lead in a collection of 500 family letters, Hodes traced Eunice's footsteps and met descendants along the way. This story of misfortune and defiance takes up grand themes of American history--opportunity and racism, war and freedom--and illuminates the lives of ordinary people in the past. A Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a selection of the Book of the Month Club, Literary Guild, and Quality Paperback Book Club.
LC Classification NumberHQ1413.C66H63 2007
