Dear home : the 1901 and 1902 diary of Mabel Lila Wait by Wait, Mabel Lila

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Dear home : the 1901 and 1902 diary of Mabel Lila Wait (#32468L0)

by Wait, Mabel Lila
Paperback — Friends of the Owen D. Young Library, 1996
Dewey: 305.43; Audience: Young Adult
Description: 158 pages : illustrations, map, portrait, facsim.; 23 cm

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AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY.;Includes bibliographical references. Provides insights into the lives of women in the early twentieth century through the daily diary entries of Mabel Lila Wait, an ordinary woman in her early twenties who took the unusual step of buying and running the family farm after the deaths of her parents.
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In 1901, Mabel Lila Wait did an extraordinary thing - she took out a mortgage and bought the family farm. These diaries reveal her internal strife as she endeavours to negotiate business matters, and they offer much detail about early 20th-century family life, health, and work patterns.
Product Details
  • Publisher: Friends of the Owen D. Young Library
  • Publication Date: January 1, 1997
  • Format: Paperback
  • Dewey: 305.43
  • Classifications: Nonfiction
  • Description: 158 pages : illustrations, map, portrait, facsim.; 23 cm
  • Tracings: Ward, Susan. ; Owen D. Young Library. Friends.
  • ISBN-10: 0-9634028-3-8
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-9634028-3-7
  • LCCN: 97-129795
  • Follett Number: 32468L0
  • Audience: Young Adult