Paula Kelly Harline

Polygamous Wives Writing Club

From the Diaries of Mormon Pioneer Women

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Produktbeschreibung

Paula Harline explores how Mormon polygamy was experienced in its heyday by looking at the diaries of 29 obscure polygamous wives. The personal writings of these women paint a vivid and sometimes disturbing picture of an all but vanished yet still controversial way of life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 166mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780199346509
• ISBN-10: 019934650X
• Artikelnr.: 39701097

Autorenporträt

Paula Kelly Harline has been teaching college writing for over 20 years for the University of Idaho, Brigham Young University, and Utah Valley University. She has also worked as a freelance writer and artist. She currently lives with her husband, Craig, in Provo, Utah.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Welcome
I Settling Utah Territory: Polygamous Yet Still Monogamous
1 I was perfectly willing...but still it was hard
2 I had admired his conduct on the plains
3 Interlude: Justifying Polygamy
4 It is a heart history
II Making Sense of "Sisterhood": First Wives and Younger Wives
5 the drudge and tail of such women
6 Interlude: Sometimes Sisterhood
7 many nights my pillow would be wet with grief
8 I could not say that I loved the man as lovers love
III Abandoning Polygamy: Weariness
9 word came the marshalls were coming, so I skipped out
10 Interlude: The 1890 Manifesto Transition
11 I grew rebellious
12 I heard a voice say you are away from Mr Chestnut
Farewell
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