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Women of Martha's Vineyard

By Thomas Dresser

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Year
2016
ISBN
9781614239307, 9781609499037
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2391590 bytes)
Series
American Heritage
Pages
\0
Time added
2022-09-26 20:53:41
HIS036100HistoryNonfictionPHO023100SOC028000SociologyWomen's Studies

Description

Generations of women have traveled to Martha's Vineyard to find solace in its calming waves and varied shoreline. Many prominent and capable women set down roots, contributing to the fabric of the community on the island. Learn of the brilliant poet Nancy Luce, who lived in isolation with her chickens. Emily Post, whose name is synonymous with good manners, sought respite from her personal struggles on the Vineyard. Famed horticulturalist Polly Hill left a perennial legacy for islanders with her tranquil arboretum. In the twentieth century, novelist Dorothy West captured the beauty of Martha's Vineyard with her work. Historian Thomas Dresser provides a series of biographical sketches of these extraordinary women who were bound by their love of the island.

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