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The life writings of Mary Baker McQuesten : Victorian matriarch /
How did a privileged Victorian matron, newly widowed and newly impoverished, manage to raise and educate her six young children and restore her family to social prominence? Mary Baker McQuesten's personal letters, 155 of which were carefully selected by Mary J. Anderson, tell the story. In her...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waterloo :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
[2004]
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| Colección: | Life writing series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How did a privileged Victorian matron, newly widowed and newly impoverished, manage to raise and educate her six young children and restore her family to social prominence? Mary Baker McQuesten's personal letters, 155 of which were carefully selected by Mary J. Anderson, tell the story. In her uninhibited style, in letters mostly to her children, Mary Baker McQuesten chronicles her financial struggles and her expectations. The letters reveal her forthright opinions on a broad range of topics -- politics, religion, literature, social sciences, and even local gossip. We learn how Mary assessed. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (361 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-324) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780889205413 0889205418 9780889204379 0889204373 1280925841 9781280925849 9786610925841 6610925844 |