He was given, as it happened, a very cordial welcome. Mr Wamphrey, the invalid, was downstairs, seated in an easy-chair in his library, where he could take a quiet share in the amusement of the large party; and it turned out, ...
Volume 6, Life Writings of Frontier Women series, ed. Maureen Ursenbach Beecher Mormon culture has produced during its history an unusual number of historically valuable personal writings. Few such...
Sherlock. I had asked the veterinarian what kind of dog was the most gentle dog in the world. He told me to get a beagle. He said to be sure that it was a real beagle and not a pocket beagle. He said they were smaller, their tails more ...
This memoir details the struggles of a young mother, who was left widowed with 9 children. Her eventual re-marriage to a widower, also with 9 children creates a host of funny and tense situations.
There are people who are rememberers, and A Widow’s Tale shows Linda Burhenne is one of them.