Mistress of Riversdale

The Plantation Letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert, 1795-1821 (Revised)
Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-0-8018-4399-0
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 735 g

Reihe: Maryland Paperback Bookshelf

Winner of the Book Prize from the Maryland Historical Association

"A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found. These superb letters are enhanced by able editing, both in footnotes and excellent essays at the beginning and end." —Washington Post Book World

"Callcott is a suberb editor; she has exhaustively researched every aspect of Calvert's life, and her introductory and concluding essays, including an account of George Calvert's relationship with a slave woman, which produced five children, contain much information of interest." —Elizabeth R. Baer, Belles Lettres

"These letters document the timeless elements of domestic life—family relationships, childbirth, illness, househld chores—but they offer far more than the familiar fare of the plantation mistress."—Patricia Brady, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

Autoren/Hrsg.

Callcott, Margaret Law

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface
1. The Stier Family in America
2. On Her Own
3. A Daughter's Grief
4. Strained Circumstances
5. Completing the American Chateau
6. Tommy Jeff's Embargo
7. Caught in Europe's War
8. America at War
9. Peace and Returning Prosperity
10. A Washington Debut
11. Last Journeys
12. After Rosalie
Appendix
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Callcott, Margaret Law
Margaret Law Callcott is the author of The Negro in Maryland Politics, 1870-1912.

Margaret Law Callcott is the author of The Negro in Maryland Politics, 1870-1912.