O my America! six women and their second acts in a new world
Traces the steps of six women--author Fanny Trollope, actress Fanny Kemble, economist Harriet Martineau, homesteader Rebecca Burlend, traveler Isabella Bird ,and novelist Catherine Hubback--who came to America in the nineteenth century to start new lives.
| Main Author: | Wheeler, Sara. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2013.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Traces the steps of six women--author Fanny Trollope, actress Fanny Kemble, economist Harriet Martineau, homesteader Rebecca Burlend, traveler Isabella Bird ,and novelist Catherine Hubback--who came to America in the nineteenth century to start new lives. |
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| Item Description: |
"Originally published, in somewhat different form, in 2013 by Jonathan Cape, Great Britain, as O my America! : second acts in a New World"--T.p. verso. |
| Physical Description: |
xvii, 281 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780374298814 (hardcover) 0374298815 (hardcover) |
| Author Notes: |
SARA WHEELER is the author of many books of biography and travel, including Access All Areas: Selected Writings 1990-2011 (North Point Press, 2013) and Travels in a Thin Country: A Journey Through Chile . Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica was an international bestseller that The New York Times described as "gripping, emotional" and "compelling," and The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle (FSG, 2011) was chosen as Book of the Year by Michael Palin, Will Self, and others. Wheeler lives in London. |