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1) The frozen river: a novel

Author

Lawhon, Ariel

Series

Good morning America book club

Language

English

Appears on list

Lucky Day

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway

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"A gripping historical mystery based on the real-life diary entries of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who found herself at the center of a murder trial"--

2) A midwife's tale: the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812

Author

Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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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...

3) A midwife's tale

Publisher

PBS Home Video

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

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The life of Martha Ballard, a frontier midwife in Maine, is reconstructed through her diary. She lived through the economic boom and bust, and political and social turmoil of the decades following the American Revolution.