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A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
$8.90
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

Intimate frontier life through a midwife's diary.

If you're fascinated by the grit and perseverance of everyday people in history, "A Midwife's Tale" could be a powerful read for you. It's not just about births; it's a window into the raw and personal details of rural 18th-century life, crafted with care from Martha Ballard's own words. You'll find that it's both a meticulous work of scholarship and a narrative that connects deeply with the humanity of our past.

  • Pulitzer Prize for History (1991)
  • Bancroft Prize (1991)
  • John H. Dunning Prize in American History (1990)
  • Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History (1990)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
$8.90
ISBN: 9780679733768
Authors: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date of Publication: 1991-12-22
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Related Topics: Biography Memoir, Biography, Memoir, American History, Historical
Goodreads rating: 3.96
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, "A truly talented historian unravels the fascinating life of a community that is so foreign, and yet so similar to our own" (The New York Times Book Review). Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in Hallowell, Maine. On the basis of that diary, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich gives us an intimate and densely imagined portrait, not only of the industrious and reticent Martha Ballard but of her society. At once lively and impeccably scholarly, A Midwife's Tale is a triumph of history on a human scale.
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Intimate frontier life through a midwife's diary.

If you're fascinated by the grit and perseverance of everyday people in history, "A Midwife's Tale" could be a powerful read for you. It's not just about births; it's a window into the raw and personal details of rural 18th-century life, crafted with care from Martha Ballard's own words. You'll find that it's both a meticulous work of scholarship and a narrative that connects deeply with the humanity of our past.

  • Pulitzer Prize for History (1991)
  • Bancroft Prize (1991)
  • John H. Dunning Prize in American History (1990)
  • Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History (1990)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.