The Wild Woman of Cincinnati: Gender and Politics on the Eve of the Civil War - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807178720ISBN-10:807178721UPC:9780807178720Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Gender StudiesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), 19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCXW29B8HS
Popular entertainment in antebellum Cincinnati ran the gamut from high culture to shows barely above the level of the tawdry. Among the options for those seeking entertainment in the summer of 1856 was the display of a "Wild Woman," purportedly a young woman captured while living a feral life beyond the frontier. The popular exhibit, which featured a silent, underdressed woman chained to a bed,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807178720ISBN-10:807178721UPC:9780807178720Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Gender StudiesBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), 19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCXW29B8HS
Michael D. Pierson is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and author of Lt. Spalding in Civil War Louisiana: A Union Officer's Humor, Privilege, and Ambition.
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