Author: Edgar Gerritt BlankmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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Deacon Babbitt
Author: Edgar Gerritt BlankmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Deacon Babbitt
Author: Edgar Gerritt BlankmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Deacon Babbitt; a Tale of Fact and Fiction
Author: Edgar Gerritt BlankmanPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230455440
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXVIII Several quiet and peaceful years, without any special events, passed after Gerritt Arnoldus opened an office in Ogdensburg. Clotille was welcomed into the city's best society, and soon became one of its most prominent members. Her education and training had fitted her for a society queen, and one could not wonder at her absorption in the gay world in, which she was so well fitted to shine. Gerry, however, was too strongly imbued with the Dutch love for home to allow his social calls to interfere with those of domestic life. He enjoyed an occasional social entertainment, and belonged to several clubs as well as the two leading secret orders, but was content to pay his dues and get the password which he neglected to use. Two daughters had come to gladden their home, and, as their mother had so many other calls upon her time, their care was left principally to white-aproned nurses. Mr. Arnoldus' law practice had become important and lucrative, and as a result his time during the day was spent in his office or in attendance at the courts, but he made it a point whenever possible to spend the evenings at home, romping and playing with the children. Of course Clotille was not out 313 all the time, but her evenings were more frequently spent at a theatre, dinner or ball, or perhaps a concert or reception. She was always considerate and affectionate and he knew that he had no real occasion to doubt her love for him and the children, but he could not help feeling that they were neglected. As the little girls advanced in years it became necessary to think of their education, and he was desirous of having them attend the public school, but their mother had been differently brought up and wished her children to have the same...
Who's who in America
Author: O Sisters Ain't You Happy?
Author: Suzanne R. ThurmanPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815629061
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Compelling, in-depth analysis of Shaker villages that sheds light on how communal attitudes helped to liberate Shaker women. Drawing on archival material from Shaker members, observers, and apostates, noted historian Suzanne R. Thurman offers a scholarly yet eminently readable study of life in two of the oldest, most prominent American Shaker villages: the Harvard and Shirley communities of Massachusetts. Even as she delves into the complex fabric of Shaker social life, Thurman challenges traditional perceptions of gender roles within the community. Shaker spiritual and social ethics, she points out, strongly favored women. Celibacy and an androgynous theology, for instance, allowed androgynous social roles to evolve. Another key factor was the lively arena of nineteenth-century reformers and intellectuals in nearby Boston. With admirable detail, Thurman documents the relationship that grew between these forward thinkers and the Believers. Their influence, she argues, enlightened Shaker consciousness and empowered their women of Harvard and Shirley with opportunities denied them in the world at large. The author also explores links, particularly economic, between Shakers and the greater American society. Treating Harvard and Shirley Believers as an idiosyncratic part of the nation rather than a fringe group, Thurman sheds new light on their constant struggle to be in the world but not of it.
History of Fall River
Author: Orin FowlerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fall River (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Who Told it to Me
Author: Margaret SidneyPublisher:
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Category : Aunts
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Our Fellows
Author: Harry CastlemonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734061199
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Our Fellows by Harry Castlemon
The Vermonter
Author: The Vermonter
Author: Charles Spooner ForbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vermont
Languages : en
Pages : 886
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