Women of Fair Hope (Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures Series Number 25)
by Paul M. Gaston
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0820307181
- ISBN 13
- 9780820307183
- Seller
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Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States
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About This Item
This Book is in overall Good Condition. Ex-Library with most of the usual Library Markings: Spine Label; Library Stamp on the Bottom Page Edge; Card Pocket, Barcode, and Withdrawn Stamp on the Front End Page. The Dust Jacket, protected by a Dust Jacket Protector, has Light Shelfwear and Light Tape Discoloration on the Flaps (from where the Dust Jacket and Protector was Taped to the Hardcover Boards), but No Tears, Creases, Stains, Foxing, or Any Major Damage. The Hardcover Boards have Light Tape Discoloration but retain Sharp Corners with No Tears, Creases, Stains, or Any Major Damage. The Binding is Strong, Intact, and Undamaged. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked (other than the Library Markings) with No Writing, Highlighting, or Underlining and has No Tears, Creases, Stains, Mold, or Any Major Damage. The Page Edges have the aforementioned Library Stamp but No Remainder Mark, Foxing, Stains, or Other Major Damage.
Book Description:
During the depression of the 1890s, a young Iowa newspaperman, indignant over the excesses of the Gilded Age, led a group of Midwesterners to the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, where they established a model community based on the utopian ideals of Henry George. In Women of Fair Hope, Paul M. Gaston follows the dreams and achievements of three extraordinary women―an early feminist reformer, an educator, and a freed slave―whose individual desires to create a fairer, more equitable society led them to play important roles in the life of that community.
Editorial Reviews:
"The charm of Women of Fair Hope resembles that of treasured stories . . . If, in writing of the lives of Nancy Lewis, Marie Howland, and Marietta Johnson, Gaston is recreating three lives and telling three touching stories, he is also very gently―almost too gently―saying something about the nature, limits, and interweaving of different women's experiences in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Each of these women was extraordinary and significant, each a woman of courage, determination, imagination . . . Gaston has offered his readers a small jewel." ― Elizabeth Fox Genovese, Georgia Historical Review
"Gaston is a magnificent storyteller." ― Atlanta Constitution
About the Author:
Paul Gaston was born and reared in Fairhope, Alabama, about which he has written two books. He is also the author of The New South Creed, winner of the Lillian Smith Award for distinguished writing about the South. He is a past president of the Southern Regional Council and has been a frequent visitor in South Africa, both before and after the fall of apartheid. He has received numerous honors for both his professional work and civil rights leadership, including the outstanding professor award from the Commonwealth of Virginia; bridge builder recognition from the city of Charlottesville; legendary civil rights activist from the NAACP; and community leader, from his alma mater, Swarthmore College.
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Details
- Seller
- W. White, Bookseller (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 20220110011
- Title
- Women of Fair Hope (Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures Series Number 25)
- Author
- Paul M. Gaston
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0820307181
- ISBN 13
- 9780820307183
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Place of Publication
- Athens, GA
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- xiv+143
- Keywords
- Alabama History, Southern History, Social History, Women's History
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I offer a wide variety of books on numerous topics and specialize in architecture and architectural history, art and art history, auction catalogs, academic history books and journals, and local histories, particularly ones of Alabama and the Southern United States. I am committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of service. All books are shipped promptly using USPS Media Mail within two business days of purchase and are packed securely and professionally to prevent any damage during shipping.
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