Never the Same Again: A Young Woman's Story of Life in the Blackstone Valley in the 1820s - Softcover

Masso, Phyllis Hosken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1579600468 ISBN 13: 9781579600464

Publisher: History Compass, 1998

Synopsis

A compelling story of a young family of ten children from the Blackstone Valley, Massachusetts... orphaned and coping with life in the 1820s.

The Blackstone Canal project brings Irish workers to the area; families head for the West; farm workers become factory workers in the textile mills.

Fascinating and accurately-researched historical fiction, told through the words of Betsey Carpenter, a twenty-year-old who finds herself responsible for the welfare of her nine younger siblings. Should she, as a Baptist, allow herself to fall for the handsome Irish Catholic canal worker?

This story includes themes about Industrial Revolution, the transition of workers from farm-to-factory, and discusses family values.

About this edition

• Publisher: History Compass
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1579600468
• ISBN 13: 9781579600464
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 150