{"product_id":"heartsick-and-astonished-allison-dorothy-fredette-9780820364285","title":"Heartsick and Astonished: Divorce in Civil War-Era West Virginia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeartsick and Astonished\u003c\/i\u003e features twenty-seven divorce cases from mid-nineteenth century America. More than dry legal documents, these cases provide a captivating window into marital life--and strife--in the border South during the tumultuous years before, during, and after the Civil War. Allison Dorothy Fredette has brought these primary documents to light, revealing the inner thoughts, legal hardships, and day-to-day struggles of these average citizens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Wheeling, West Virginia, the seat of Ohio County, courtrooms bore witness to men and women from various ethnic, racial, and class backgrounds who shared shockingly intimate details of their lives and relationships. Some tried desperately to defend their masculinity or femininity; others hoped to restore their reputations to the legal system and to their community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an era of uncertainty--when the country was torn in two, when the Wheeling community became the capital of a new state, and when activists across the country began to push for women's rights in the household and family--the divorce cases of ordinary couples reveal changing attitudes toward marriage, gender, and legal separation in a booming border city perched on the edge of the South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allison Dorothy Fredette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820364282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820364285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Allison Dorothy Fredette","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44131616653567,"sku":"9780820364285","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93a27730-b7f1-4c93-a6ce-8be88e2621df.jpg?v=1687475428","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heartsick-and-astonished-allison-dorothy-fredette-9780820364285","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}