The divorce colony how women revolutionized marriage and found freedom on the American frontier
"From a historian and senior writer and editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms"--
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Hachette Books,
2022.
|
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a22000008i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | on1275358782 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20220610130200.0 | ||
| 008 | 211017s2022 nyua b 001 0ceng | ||
| 010 | |a 2021049519 | ||
| 019 | |a 1275426873 |a 1276775062 | ||
| 020 | |a 9780306827662 |q (hardcover) | ||
| 020 | |a 0306827662 |q (hardcover) | ||
| 020 | |z 9780306827686 |q (ebook) | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)1275358782 |z (OCoLC)1275426873 |z (OCoLC)1276775062 | ||
| 040 | |a LBSOR/DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d BDX |d OCLCF |d OCLCO |d OCO |d OJ4 |d PCB | ||
| 042 | |a pcc | ||
| 043 | |a n-us-sd |a n-us--- | ||
| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a HQ836.S5 |b W45 2022 |
| 082 | 0 | 0 | |a 306.89/309783371 |2 23/eng/20211028 |
| 100 | 1 | |a White, April, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The divorce colony : |b how women revolutionized marriage and found freedom on the American frontier / |c April White. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Hachette Books, |c 2022. | |
| 300 | |a xv, 286 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue: "Is marriage a failure?" -- A thriving and interesting place -- In good faith -- Just another -- BUdding hope and dead passions -- A savage American -- Ardor and inexpereience -- The campaigns -- Undesirable cattle -- A personal statement -- Let not man put asunder -- A moral superstition free as air -- The sentence -- To be left alone -- Happiness will follow thee -- A tramp and an exile -- Stupid, unjust, monstrous and foolish -- Light in the sky -- Heart -- Epilogue: A rising of ideals. | |
| 520 | |a "From a historian and senior writer and editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Divorce |z South Dakota |z Sioux Falls |x History |y 19th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Divorce |x Law and legislation |z South Dakota |z Sioux Falls. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Divorced women |z United States |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Married women |x Legal status, laws, etc. |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women |z United States |x Social conditions. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Sioux Falls (S.D.) |x History. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Social conditions |y 1865-1918. | |
| 994 | |a C0 |b PCB | ||
| 949 | |a CCL |b CadNF |c 306.893 Wh |d i |e 39241503694957 |f 726424 |g ddc |j 06/23/2022 | ||
| 999 | |a 470620 | ||
