Passion of Abby Hemenway

by Deborah Pickman Clifford

Book Overview

Abby Maria Hemenway's life and work offer a unique portrait of a 19th-century literary woman. Hemenway is chiefly remembered as the editor of the Vermont Historical Gazetteer, a five-volume compendium of the state's local history published between 1860 and 1892, a monumental work that is still in constant use today by historians and genealogists. Hemenway never married, and at the age of 36 she formally converted and entered the Catholic Church, which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0934720479
• ISBN13: 9780934720472
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Vermont Historical Society
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"