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Author:

Wheeler, Sara.

Title:

O my America! : six women and their second acts in a new world / Sara Wheeler.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xvii 281 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Subject:

British--United States--History--19th century.
Women travelers--United States--History--19th century.
Women travelers--United States--Biography.
United States--Social conditions--19th century.

Notes:

"Originally published, in somewhat different form, in 2013 by Jonathan Cape, Great Britain, as O my America! : second acts in a New World"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

No there there : Catherine Hubback goes to California. Brave new world : Fanny Kemble goes to Georgia -- A great embryo poet: Harriet Martineau goes to Massachusetts and Kentucky -- Is this America? : Rebecca Burlend goes to Illinois -- Above love and hate : Isabella Bird goes to Colorado -- No there there : Catherine Hubback goes to California.

ISBN:

0374298815 (hardcover)
9780374298814 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)829098348

LCCN:

2013007572

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)