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The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times
The Great Divorce A NineteenthCentury Mother's Extraordinary Fight against Her Husband the Shakers and Her Times
Author: Ilyon Woo
Ilyon Woo?s The Great Divorce is a dramatic, richly textured narrative history of early America?s most infamous divorce case. A young mother singlehandedly challenged her country?s notions of women?s rights, family, and marriage itself—all in a bid to win back her kidnapped children from the celibate, religious sect known as the Shakers. Pulling...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780802145376
ISBN-10: 080214537X
Publication Date: 8/9/2011
Pages: 416
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Publisher: Grove Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 3
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