Abolitionists, Doctors, Ranchers, and Writers : A Family Journey through American History /

Nearly 250 years after ninety-five-year-old Elder Thomas Faunce got caught up in the mythmaking around Plymouth Rock, his great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter Hilda Faunce Wetherill died in Pacific Grove, California, leaving behind a cache of letters and family papers. The remarkable story th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Getz, Lynne Marie, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wattles family.
Wattles, Augustus, > 1807-1876.
Brown, John, > 1800-1859.
Brown, John, > 1800-1859 > Friends and associates.
Wattles, Susan Elvira, > 1810-1898 > Family.
Wattles, Augustus, > 1807-1876 > Family.
Friendship.
Families.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
HISTORY / Social History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Wattles-Faunce-Wetherill family tree
  • Prologue : from Plymouth Rock to Creede, Colorado- a family of long memory
  • Susan and Augustus : partners for reform
  • For freedom and equality : the Wattles family in Kansas
  • Sarah : the making of a feminist consciousness
  • The Wattles family in the Civil War, part I : a scattered home front
  • The Wattles family in the Civil War, part II : fighting for union and memory
  • "My dear doctor" : the medical careers of the Wattles sisters
  • A westering family : the Wattles-Faunces as settler colonists
  • A western identity : the Wetherill women
  • Epilogue.

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