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Voices from a trunk : the lost lives of the Quaker Eddisons, 1805-1867 Sara Woodall
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks DA 690 .L4 W77 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woodall, Sara, 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eddison, Edwin, 1805-1867.
- Eddison, Edwin.
- Eddison, Edwin, 1805-1867--Family.
- Eddison, Edwin, 1805-1867--Health.
- Leeds (England)--Biography.
- Leeds (England).
- Lawyers--England--Leeds--Biography.
- Lawyers.
- Quakers--England--Leeds--Biography.
- Quakers.
- Pain--Treatment--England--History--19th century.
- Pain.
- Medicine--England--History--19th century.
- Medicine.
- Leeds (England)--History--19th century.
- London (England)--History--19th century.
- London (England).
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 275 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Staunton, Virginia : American History Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "A chance discovery of a trunk of documents by the author opened up a window into the rapidly expanding cities of Leeds and London in the nineteenth century. Cholera epidemics, Luddite disruptions, hopeless medical interventions, the birth of the railways, a discovery of a murder, the mystery of an ancestor believed to be the great-great grandfather of the renowned inventor Thomas Alva Edison, a great Quaker bank crash, and travel in an America recovering from the Civil War--all were intertwined with the story of the painful life of a Leeds lawyer, Edwin Eddison"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781939995162
- 1939995167
- OCLC:
- 953387224
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