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Marion Harland
Marion Harland's Autobiography
The Story of a Long Life
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066233846
Table of Contents
II LAFAYETTE—REVOLUTIONARY TALES—PARENTS’ MARRIAGE
III A COUNTRY EXILE—DEATH OF THE FIRST-BORN—CHANGE OF HOME—A FIRESIDE TRAGEDY—“COGITO, ERGO SUM.”
IV A BERSERKER RAGE—A FRIGHT—THE WESTERN FEVER—MONTROSE—A MOTHER REGAINED
V OUR POWHATAN HOME—A COUNTRY FUNERAL—“OLD MRS. O’HARA.”
VII MY FIRST TUTOR—THE REIGN OF TERROR
VIII CALM AFTER STORM—OUR HANDSOME YANKEE GOVERNESS—THE NASCENT AUTHOR
X FAMILY LETTERS—COMMENCEMENT AT HAMPDEN-SIDNEY—THEN AND NOW
XI BACK IN POWHATAN—OLD VIRGINIA HOUSEWIFERY—A SINGING-CLASS IN THE FORTIES—THE SIMPLE LIFE?
XII ELECTION DAY AND A DEMOCRATIC BARBECUE
XIII A WHIG RALLY AND MUSTER DAY
XIV RUMORS OF CHANGES—A CORN-SHUCKING—NEGRO TOPICAL SONG
XV THE COUNTRY GIRLS AT A CITY SCHOOL—VELVET HATS AND CLAY’S DEFEAT
XVI HOME AT CHRISTMAS—A CANDY-PULL AND HOG-KILLING
XVII A NOTABLE AFFAIR OF HONOR
XVIII THE MENACE OF SLAVE INSURRECTION
XIX WEDDING AND BRIDESMAID—THE ROUTINE OF A LARGE FAMILY—MY FIRST BEREAVEMENT
XX OUR TRUE FAMILY GHOST-STORY
XXI TWO MONUMENTAL FRIENDSHIPS
XXIV THE DAWNING OF LITERARY LIFE
XXV BROUGHT FACE TO FACE WITH MY FATE
XXVII MY NORTHERN KINSPEOPLE—“QUELQU’UN” AND A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP
XXIX ANNA CORA (MOWATT) RITCHIE—EDWARD EVERETT—GOVERNOR WISE—A MEMORABLE DINNER-PARTY
XXXI WEDDING BELLS—A BRIDAL TOUR—A DISCOVERED RELATIVE—A NOBLE LIFE
XXXII PARSONAGE LIFE—WILLIAM WIRT HENRY—HISTORIC SOIL—JOHN RANDOLPH—THE LAST OF THE RANDOLPHS
XXXIII PLANTATION PREACHING—COLORED COMMUNICANTS—A “MIGHTY MAN IN PRAYER”