Buy this book on-line Lynn A. Bonfield and Mary C. Morrison : Roxana's Children: The Biography of a Nineteenth-Century Vermont FamilyThe University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1995 ISBN 0870239813
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AK3 - A paperback book SIGNED by Lynn A. Bonfield and Mary C. Morrison in very good condition that has some bumped corners, wrinkling, chipping and crease, lightly curled, fading on the spine, stains on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.25"x6.25", 267 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. This book tells the story of Roxana Brown Walbridge Watts (1802-1862), a farm wife in Peacham, Vermont, and the twelve children she raised - nine of her own, two stepchildren, and a grandchild; six girls and six boys. Mined from a rich lode of primary material - letters, diaries, photographs - these personal histories describe a strikingly broad range of experiences. Six of Roxanna's children moved west, three settling permanently in the Midwest and three others going to California during the Gold Rush. Six made their lives in Vermont, venturing away only temporarily. Two of the men fought in the Civil War. One of the women left home to work in the Lowell textile mills, while another attended Mount Holyoke Seminary. The children's occupations were no less waived: farmer, farm wife, pastor, wheelwright, miner, scholar, lawyer, schoolteacher, artist, and matron at a school for the deaf. In their letters Roxana and her children discuss their daily concerns - farm work and crops, medical emergencies and treatments, the details of marriages, births, and deaths. They write about matters of national significance as well: the westward migration, the contrast between women's and men's experiences, the temperance and abolition movements, the mechanization of farm life, and the increase of secularization. Together their stories offer an intimate portrait of an American family caught up in the sweep of a century of change.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Paperback. Jacket: No Jacket as Issued Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Lynn A. Bonfield and Mary C. Morrison : Roxana's Children: The Biography of a Nineteenth-Century Vermont Family. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, incunabula, collectables, out of print books and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |