Fiction, Historical, 19th Century
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No Duppy in Our House
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In 1895, in the Dry Harbour Mountains of Jamaica, Emma Whorms lives a comfortable life with her carpenter husband and two young sons. Quite unconventional for her time, she is a contented mother and wife who serves her family and the Catholic...
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The Implausible Journey of Fanny Wheeler
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A Woman’s Quest to Become a Doctor in the 1890s Seventeen-year-old Fanny Wheeler—a bright, small-town girl from Kansas—cannot fathom a life of cooking, cleaning, washing, and sewing. She needs more. She dreams of curing illness and preventing...
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Mattawa Broken Dreams
Memoirs of a New Ontario Country Doctor
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In 1889, Dr. Sylvain de Caseneuve arrives in New Ontario, a region recently opened to settlers, many of whom are French-Canadians. Swept up by the spirit of Mattawa's thriving community, his many endeavours to offer physical and moral care are...
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Smoked
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Vengeance! Fifteen year old Ruth swore that she would kill the five outlaws who had left her destitute--no home, no family, no food, no money and no future. After trailing the outlaws for six years, as the last one lay dying on his deathbed, she...
