Midwifes Tale : The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

English

Series: Vintage Ser.

ISBN: 0679733760

EAN: 9780679733768

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Women/Medical / Gynecology & Obstetrics/Biography & Autobiography / General/Social Science / Customs & Traditions/

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Release Date: 06/30/1991

Synopsis: Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.

Awards: Pulitzer Prize – null 

Excerpt: Unknown Property Excerpt

Midwifes Tale : The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 5.15 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 12.03 oz

Pages: 464