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The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America
Current price:
$23.95
Publication Date: April 17th, 1995
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN:
9780393312102
Pages:
336
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Description
Combining the skills of a gifted writer and a scholar's grasp of early America, The Way of Duty draws readers into a vividly evoked world.
The Buels have used a rich trove of documents to tell the story of a Connecticut woman, Mary Fish Silliman (1736–1818), whose adventures illuminate the day-to-day realities of living through the American Revolution.
Praise for The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America
Engrossing family history, very well told.
— Kirkus Reviews
An admirable book about an admirable person. . . . Thoroughly engrossing.
— Jonathan Yardley - Washington Post Book World
A poignant, even heart-wrenching story. The Buels make clear just how disruptive the Revolution was in the private lives of families. It is a beautifully written, irresistible story that tells a lot about what the Revolution really meant.
— Richard L. Bushman, Columbia University
Vivid, splendid reading—reading for pleasure, for profit, for a sure grasp of the past that made the present possible.
— William Manchester
