| Mistress of Riversdale: The Plantation Letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert, 1795-1821 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Callcott, Margaret Law (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801843995 ISBN-13: 9780801843990 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $32.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1992 Annotation: 'These letters document the timeless elements of domestic life--family relationships, childbirth, illness, household chores--but they offer far more than the familiar fare of the plantation mistress.'--Patricia Brady, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | United States - 19th Century - Literary Collections | Letters |
| Dewey: 975.5 |
| Series: Maryland Paperback Bookshelf |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.03" W x 9.23" (1.36 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Maryland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found. -- Washington Post Book World |