Mistress of Riversdale: The Plantation Letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert, 1795-1821 (Maryland Paperback Bookshelf)

Callcott, Margaret Law

ISBN 10: 0801843995 / ISBN 13: 9780801843990

Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992

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Winner of the Book Prize from the Maryland Historical Association

"A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found... These superb letters are enhanced by able editing, both in footnotes and excellent essays at the beginning and end." —Washington Post Book World

"Callcott is a suberb editor; she has exhaustively researched every aspect of Calvert's life, and her introductory and concluding essays, including an account of George Calvert's relationship with a slave woman, which produced five children, contain much information of interest." —Elizabeth R. Baer, Belles Lettres

"These letters document the timeless elements of domestic life—family relationships, childbirth, illness, househld chores—but they offer far more than the familiar fare of the plantation mistress."—Patricia Brady, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

Informazioni sull?autore:

Margaret Law Callcott is the author of The Negro in Maryland Politics, 1870-1912.

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Titolo: Mistress of Riversdale: The Plantation ...
Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1992
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Very Good