A midwife's tale: the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812

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Presents the life of Martha Ballard, a midwife in Maine during the eighteenth century, by drawing on the detailed diary she kept for twenty-seven years of her life

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Ericksen, Susan Narrator
Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher Author
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9780679733768
9781515993926
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