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Chris Enss
Object: Matrimony [EPUB ebook]
The Risky Business of Mail-Order Matchmaking on the Western Frontier

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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 matchmakerslooking 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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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780762790722 ● Editura TwoDot ● Publicat 2012 ● Descărcabil 3 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 5512844 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM

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