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A Midwife's Tale

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

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

By Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

By Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

By Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

By Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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Jun 04, 1991 | ISBN 9780679733768

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Dec 22, 2010 | ISBN 9780307772985

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    About A Midwife’s Tale

    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, ”A truly talented historian unravels the fascinating life of a community that is so foreign, and yet so similar to our own” (The New York Times Book Review).

    Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in Hallowell, Maine. On the basis of that diary, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich gives us an intimate and densely imagined portrait, not only of the industrious and reticent Martha Ballard but of her society. At once lively and impeccably scholarly, A Midwife’s Tale is a triumph of history on a human scale.

    About A Midwife’s Tale

    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, ”A truly talented historian unravels the fascinating life of a community that is so foreign, and yet so similar to our own” (The New York Times Book Review).

    Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in Hallowell, Maine. On the basis of that diary, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich gives us an intimate and densely imagined portrait, not only of the industrious and reticent Martha Ballard but of her society. At once lively and impeccably scholarly, A Midwife’s Tale is a triumph of history on a human scale.

    About Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

    LAUREL THATCHER ULRICH is the author of numerous works on early American history and women’s history, including A Midwife’s Tale, which won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize in History and became the subject of a PBS documentary film. A former MacArthur Fellow… More about Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

    About Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

    LAUREL THATCHER ULRICH is the author of numerous works on early American history and women’s history, including A Midwife’s Tale, which won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize in History and became the subject of a PBS documentary film. A former MacArthur Fellow… More about Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

    Product Details

    Category: Colonial/Revolutionary Period | Biography & Memoir

    Paperback | $18.95
    Published by Vintage
    Jun 04, 1991 | 464 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679733768

    Category: Colonial/Revolutionary Period | Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 22, 2010 | 464 Pages | ISBN 9780307772985
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    Praise

    “A truly talented historian unravels the fascinating life of a community that is so foreign, and yet so similar to our own.” —The New York Times Book Review

    “Expertly executed and endlessly interesting. An offbeat gem of scholarship.” —Washington Post Book World

    “A marvelously nuanced, subtle, and unillusioned portrayal of one woman’s life in early America. It has the makings of a classic.” —Stephen Innes, University of Virginia

    “It takes a historian of extraordinary persistence, skill, and empathy to recognized [Martha Ballard’s] diary as something of a buried treasure and to painstakingly unearth its gems…. Ulrich has recognized Ballard’s great spirit, and has given to us the gift of a life worth knowing.” —Philadelphia Inquirer

    Awards

    Bancroft Prize WINNER 1991

    Pulitzer Prize WINNER 1991

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