Once I Too Had Wings - The Journals of Emma Bell Miles, 1908-1918

Previously examined only by a handful of scholars, the journals of Emma Bell Miles (1879-1919) contain poignant and incisive accounts of nature and a woman's perspective on love and marriage, death customs, child raising, medical care, and subsistence on the land in southern Appalachia in the early twentieth century.

About the author

Emma Bell Miles (1879¿-1919) was a gifted writer, poet, naturalist, and artist with a keen perspective on Appalachian life and culture. She chronicled her home region through her prolific journals, illustrations, essays, poetry, and fiction.

Summary

Previously examined only by a handful of scholars, the journals of Emma Bell Miles (1879–1919) contain poignant and incisive accounts of nature and a woman’s perspective on love and marriage, death customs, child raising, medical care, and subsistence on the land in southern Appalachia in the early twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Emma Bell Miles
• Assisted by: Steven Cox (Editor)
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago on Behalf of Ohio Univ Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.2014
• EAN: 9780821420874
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2087-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 213 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Race, Ethnicity and Gender in; Series in Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Appalachia; Race, Ethnicity and Gender in
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories