Mother's Painful Secret

From the Howling Wilderness to the Halls of Congress: the Saga of Five Generations of an American Family

Biography & Memoir, Historical
Cover of the book Mother's Painful Secret by Anne Pearce Lehman, iUniverse
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Anne Pearce Lehman ISBN: 9781450265027
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: July 20, 2011
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Anne Pearce Lehman
ISBN: 9781450265027
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: July 20, 2011
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

Author and educator Anne Pearce Lehman captures intimate and poignant details of her familys American experience, beginning with the journey of Catherine and James Dillen from Ireland to the New World in the nineteenth century and continuing up to the present. The author traces four generations of her familyrugged and enterprising settlers who carved a living out of the wilderness of northern Maine, followed the continent west in search of riches, and finally arrived in the halls of the nations government in Washington, D.C., in the person of Uncle Ira Hersey, US Congressman. Through her ancestors letters and her own research and conjecture, Lehman paints a vivid portrait of hardship and adventure in early America and learns something about her own past in the processa secret that her own mother, Vera Adelma, took to the grave. Woven into the rich tapestry of Aroostook County in northern Maine, Mothers Painful Secret is an artistically crafted portrayal of nineteenth-century American history and culture.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Author and educator Anne Pearce Lehman captures intimate and poignant details of her familys American experience, beginning with the journey of Catherine and James Dillen from Ireland to the New World in the nineteenth century and continuing up to the present. The author traces four generations of her familyrugged and enterprising settlers who carved a living out of the wilderness of northern Maine, followed the continent west in search of riches, and finally arrived in the halls of the nations government in Washington, D.C., in the person of Uncle Ira Hersey, US Congressman. Through her ancestors letters and her own research and conjecture, Lehman paints a vivid portrait of hardship and adventure in early America and learns something about her own past in the processa secret that her own mother, Vera Adelma, took to the grave. Woven into the rich tapestry of Aroostook County in northern Maine, Mothers Painful Secret is an artistically crafted portrayal of nineteenth-century American history and culture.

More books from iUniverse

Cover of the book Journey on the Four Hills by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book From Tragedy to Homeless to Triumph by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book The Elfowl Saga by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book These Poems Are for You by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book Breeding a Pup or Two by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book The Treasures of the Sun God by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book "The Real, Prophet, of Doom"! ... (...!) by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book Songsaengnim: a Korea Diary by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book An American Story by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book Cairo: June, 1967 by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book The Shepherd by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book The Screw of the Tern by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book Monster Under My Bed by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book World Religions in Brief by Anne Pearce Lehman
Cover of the book Avoiding Extinction: Reimagining Legal Services for the 21St Century by Anne Pearce Lehman
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy