Mary J. Anderson

Victorian True Short Stories from the Whitehern Archives

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In this fascinating book, author Mary J. Anderson, PhD, once again dips into the Whitehern Archives to paint an illuminating picture of our Victorian past. Drawing from the thousands of letters to and from the McQuesten family that have been preserved in the archives of the Whitehern Museum in Hamilton, Ontario, Dr. Anderson covers such subjects as Victorian medicine-including women's health and education, treatments for mental illness, and the aristocratic vice-as well as the tragic life of Ruby Baker McQuesten and the accomplishments of her brother, Thomas B. McQuesten, in Ontario politics and government, including the building of such land… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-77244-179-6
EAN: 9781772441796
Produktnummer: 32706054
Verlag: Rock's Mills Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 166 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.9 cm 251 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 251

Über den Autor

Mary J. Anderson holds a PhD degree in Canadian literature from McMaster University. She is a published author and playwright. Her first book, The Life Writings of Mary Baker McQuesten: Victorian Matriarch (2004) was published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Her second book, Tragedyand Triumph: Ruby and Thomas B. McQuesten (Tierceron Press, 2011), continued the Victorian family saga begun in the first book. Dr. Anderson is a regular speaker for various heritage groups and, partnering with the Hamilton Public Library, McMaster University, Whitehern Museum, and her daughter Janelle Baldwin, has spent many years developing and curating the Whitehern Museum Archives website, www.whitehern.ca, which includes more than 4,000 images and documents dealing with the McQuesten saga and the history of Hamilton.