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A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812.
GIC Collection at Penn Libraries
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature: Fiction.
- Local Subjects:
- Literature: Fiction.
- Summary:
- On the basis of a diary, Ulrich gives the reader an intimate and densely imagined portrait of the industrious and reticent Martha Ballard and her society--a portrait that sheds light on its medical practices, religious squabbles and sexual mores. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
- ISBN:
- 9780679733768
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