A midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812 /
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TextPublication details: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1990.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 444 p. : maps ; 22 cmISBN: - 0394568443 :
- 9780394568447 :
- Ballard, Martha, 1735-1812
- Ballard, Martha, 1735-1812
- Ballard, Martha, 1735-1812
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- 974.1/6 B 20
- F29.H15 U47 1990
- WZ 100
- Pulitzer Prize, History, 1991
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Cover title: Martha Ballard, her diary.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-411) and index.
Introduction: a great sea A going -- August 1787: Exceeding dangeroulsly ill -- September 1799: warpt a piece -- October 1789: Mrs Foster has sworn a Rape on a number of men -- November 1792: Matrimonial writes -- December 1797: Birth 50. Birth 51 -- January 1796: find my house up in arms -- February 1801: A desection performed -- March 1804: what a scean had I to go at Evening -- April 1806: Polly Purington here -- May 1809: Workt in my gardin -- Epilogue -- Appendix: medicinal ingredients mentioned in Martha Ballard's diary.
Pulitzer Prize, History, 1991
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