The Wind Coming Fair (the Story of Hannah Callowhill Penn) |
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| Author:
| Gring, Irene Hoffman |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4134-6520-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2004 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris Corporation LLC
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $20.99 |
Book Description:
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In 1700 a young, gentle Englishwoman sailed for three months to reach her husband's newly-acquired colony of Pennsylvania. A "serious piece of fiction," THE WIND COMING FAIR gives a different account of life then through the experiences of William Penn's second wife. It relates her time of fabrics and fashions, midwives and doctors, servants and slaves, as well as Delaware Indians and the turtle clan, printers and punishment, Swedes...
More Description In 1700 a young, gentle Englishwoman sailed for three months to reach her husband's newly-acquired colony of Pennsylvania. A "serious piece of fiction," THE WIND COMING FAIR gives a different account of life then through the experiences of William Penn's second wife. It relates her time of fabrics and fashions, midwives and doctors, servants and slaves, as well as Delaware Indians and the turtle clan, printers and punishment, Swedes and superstitions. Through exciting and difficult years and with growing family and responsibilities, Hannah Callowhill Penn kept her good business judgment and became the first woman manager of Pennsylvania.