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The divorce colony : how women revolutionized marriage and found freedom on the American frontier Cover Image Book Book
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The divorce colony : how women revolutionized marriage and found freedom on the American frontier

White, April (author.).

Summary: "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"--

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  • ISBN: 0306827662
  • ISBN: 9780306827662
  • Physical Description: xv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, [2022]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.

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Subject: Divorce South Dakota Sioux Falls History 19th century
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United States Social conditions 1865-1918

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  • 11 of 11 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Albright Memorial Library 306.89 WHITE (Text) 50686016197274 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library 306.893 WHI (Text) 33249025373287 Non-fiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults 306.8 WHI Nonfiction (Text) 34001001419397 Adult Area Available -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults 306.89 WHI Nonfiction (Text)
Bookplate: Plated 2022: In Memory and Honor of David Humbert
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Martin Library Adults 306.89 WHI Life Times (Text) 33454005878749 2nd Floor Available -
RACC HQ836.S5 W45 2022 (Text) 33624024965822 Books Available -
Allentown Public Library 306.89 WHIT (Text) 34455006921718 Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 306.89 (Text) 33062009607723 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Clymer Library 306.89 WHI (Text) 32596000522440 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Easton Main Library 306.89 W582d (Text) 31901004610426 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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