Roxana's children : the biography of a nineteenth-century Vermont family
(Book, Non-Circulating)
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Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1995.
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Book, Non-Circulating
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Location | Format | Call Number | Status |
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Fletcher Free Library - 1st Floor-Main - Local History | Non-Circulating | LOCAL HISTORY B WATTS | On Shelf |
Fletcher Free Library - 2nd Floor - Adult Biography | Book | B WATTS | On Shelf |
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Published
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1995.
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xviii, 267 pages : ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-256) and index.
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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. 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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bonfield, L. A., & Morrison, M. C. (1995). Roxana's children: the biography of a nineteenth-century Vermont family . University of Massachusetts Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bonfield, Lynn A., 1939- and Mary Chase. Morrison. 1995. Roxana's Children: The Biography of a Nineteenth-century Vermont Family. University of Massachusetts Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bonfield, Lynn A., 1939- and Mary Chase. Morrison. Roxana's Children: The Biography of a Nineteenth-century Vermont Family University of Massachusetts Press, 1995.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bonfield, Lynn A., and Mary Chase Morrison. Roxana's Children: The Biography of a Nineteenth-century Vermont Family University of Massachusetts Press, 1995.
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