Object: Matrimony

The Risky Business of Mail-Order Matchmaking on the Western Frontier

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&, History, Americas, United States, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Chris Enss ISBN: 9780762790722
Publisher: TwoDot Publication: October 16, 2012
Imprint: TwoDot Language: English
Author: Chris Enss
ISBN: 9780762790722
Publisher: TwoDot
Publication: October 16, 2012
Imprint: TwoDot
Language: English

Complete with historic photographs and actual advertisements from both women seeking husbands and males seeking brides, Object Matrimony includes stories of courageous mail order brides and their exploits as well as stories of the marriage brokers, mercenary matchmakers looking to profit as merchants did off of the miners and settlers. Some of these stories end happily ever after; others reveal desperate situations that robbed the brides of their youth and sometimes their lives.

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Complete with historic photographs and actual advertisements from both women seeking husbands and males seeking brides, Object Matrimony includes stories of courageous mail order brides and their exploits as well as stories of the marriage brokers, mercenary matchmakers looking to profit as merchants did off of the miners and settlers. Some of these stories end happily ever after; others reveal desperate situations that robbed the brides of their youth and sometimes their lives.

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