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Midwife of the Blue Ridge

They call her Dark Maggie for her thick black hair, but the name also has a more sinister connotation. As the lone survivor of an attack on her village, she was thought to be cursed--and unfit for marriage. Maggie is also gifted with quick wits and skilled in medicine, trained as a midwife. Venturin...

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Main Author: Blevins, Christine.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Berkley Pub. Group, 2008.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Midwives > Fiction.
Women pioneers > Fiction.
Scots > United States > Fiction.
Blue Ridge Mountains Region > Fiction.
Historical fiction > United States.
Summary: They call her Dark Maggie for her thick black hair, but the name also has a more sinister connotation. As the lone survivor of an attack on her village, she was thought to be cursed--and unfit for marriage. Maggie is also gifted with quick wits and skilled in medicine, trained as a midwife. Venturing to the colonies as an indentured servant, she hopes to escape the superstitions of the old country--and find a home of her own. But what she discovers is a New World fraught with new dangers.
Physical Description: 420 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9780425221686
0425221687
Author Notes: Christine Blevins is a former graphic designer and historical fiction writer. She is the author of The Tory Widow, The Turning of Anne Merrick, and Midwife of the Blue Ridge . A graduate of the Harrington College of Design, she now lives in Illinois.

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