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Victorian True Short Stories from the Whitehern Archives
Contributor(s): Anderson, Mary J. (Author)
ISBN: 1772441791     ISBN-13: 9781772441796
Publisher: Rock's Mills Press
OUR PRICE:   $18.95  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: September 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Canada - General
- Travel | Canada - Ontario (on)
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
Physical Information: 0.35" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.51 lbs) 166 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Canadian
- Geographic Orientation - Ontario
 
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Publisher Description:

In this fascinating book, author Mary J. Anderson, PhD, once again dips into the Whitehern Archives to paint an illuminating picture of our Victorian past. Drawing from the thousands of letters to and from the McQuesten family that have been preserved in the archives of the Whitehern Museum in Hamilton, Ontario, Dr. Anderson covers such subjects as Victorian medicine--including women's health and education, treatments for mental illness, and the "aristocratic vice"--as well as the tragic life of Ruby Baker McQuesten and the accomplishments of her brother, Thomas B. McQuesten, in Ontario politics and government, including the building of such landmark public works as the Queen Elizabeth Way and the Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls. More than five dozen period photographs and illustrations bring the past to life. The result is a book no one who is interested in Ontario's history will want to be without.

Contributor Bio(s): Anderson, Mary J.: - Mary J. Anderson holds a PhD degree in Canadian literature from McMaster University. She is a published author and playwright. Her first book, The Life Writings of Mary Baker McQuesten: Victorian Matriarch (2004) was published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Her second book, Tragedy and Triumph: Ruby and Thomas B. McQuesten (Tierceron Press, 2011), continued the Victorian family saga begun in the first book. Dr. Anderson is a regular speaker for various heritage groups and, partnering with the Hamilton Public Library, McMaster University, Whitehern Museum, and her daughter Janelle Baldwin, has spent many years developing and curating the Whitehern Museum Archives website, www.whitehern.ca, which includes more than 4,000 images and documents dealing with the McQuesten saga and the history of Hamilton.