A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
Registered by tabby-cat-owner of Bellingham, Washington USA on 9/23/2009
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
between 1785 and 1812 a midwife andhealer mnamed Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work as well as her domestic life in Hallowell, Maine.
Thie book won the Bancroft Prize and the Joan Kelly and John H. Dunning Prizes of the American Historical Association.
Thie book won the Bancroft Prize and the Joan Kelly and John H. Dunning Prizes of the American Historical Association.
I learned so much about life in the United States shortly after the Revolutionary War was won. It was a slow read but so full of interesting information. The author did a superior job researching to make the diary itself more understandable and informative.
Journal Entry 3 by tabby-cat-owner at Little Free Library - East Canterbury Lane, West Of 7th St. in Phoenix, Arizona USA on Monday, May 14, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (5/14/2018 UTC) at Little Free Library - East Canterbury Lane, West Of 7th St. in Phoenix, Arizona USA
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This book was left in the Little Free Library.
It was released for the 2018 Mother's Day release challenge and the Never Judge A Book by its Cover release challenge. (number in title)
It was released for the 2018 Mother's Day release challenge and the Never Judge A Book by its Cover release challenge. (number in title)
