New York: Simon & Schuster, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which is described as "the first biography to reveal Julia Ward Howe - the author of 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' - as a feminist pioneer who fought her own battle for creative freedom and independence. She was a heiress and aspiring poet when she married Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an internationally-acclaimed pioneer in the education of the blind. Together the Howes knew many of the key figures of their era, from Charles Dickens to John Brown. But he also wasted her inheritance, isolated and discouraged her, and opposed her literary ambitions." Illustrated with photographs. Notes, index. xiv, 302 pp. ISBN: 978-1451645903.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light toning)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1911. Hardcover first edition - Despite the title, this was a novel published anonymously by Vorse, a noted suffragist, pacifist, popular novelist, labor journalist, single mother and much more. As a reporter she covered all major strikes from from the 1926 textile strike in Passaic NJ, and in 1929 in Gastonia NC, and the Harlan County KY coal war in 1931 and more. The narrator of this novel is "an aging, feisty, cultivated widow and mother of four adult children [who] defines the secret of growing old wisely as laying aside meaningless social convention and, instead, acting spontaneously. . . Spry and defiant, she rebels against the constant interference of her overprotective children who fret about…
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1911. Hardcover first edition - Despite the title, this was a novel published anonymously by Vorse, a noted suffragist, pacifist, popular novelist, labor journalist, single mother and much more. As a reporter she covered all major strikes from from the 1926 textile strike in Passaic NJ, and in 1929 in Gastonia NC, and the Harlan County KY coal war in 1931 and more. The narrator of this novel is "an aging, feisty, cultivated widow and mother of four adult children [who] defines the secret of growing old wisely as laying aside meaningless social convention and, instead, acting spontaneously. . . Spry and defiant, she rebels against the constant interference of her overprotective children who fret about her health, stuff her with pills and tell her how to behave." 270 pp plus 8 pp publisher's ads.
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THE CIVIL WARS OF JULIA WARD HOWE: A Biography.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ELDERLY WOMAN.
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