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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Maura Jane FarrellyPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press ISBN: 9781496237057ISBN 10: 1496237056 Pages: 482 Publication Date: 01 July 2024 Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available ![]() This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author’s Note Prologue: Stories 1. Revolutionary Legacies 2. Blueberries and Timber 3. The Fourth Estate 4. Charity Begins at Home 5. Off with Their Heads 6. The Cable Railway Grab 7. Baby Waifs 8. Cowpunching 9. One of God’s Garden Spots 10. Final Resting Places 11. Like Cures Like 12. Marymere 13. Little Girls 14. Katharine and Catherine 15. Family Matters Epilogue: Strings Notes IndexReviews“Enchanted by an evocative photograph of a woman playing her violin outside a log cabin with the majestic Teton Mountains in the background, Maura Jane Farrelly decided to look into the story behind it. Her historical detective work unearthed intersecting trails and unforgettable tales of murder, suicide, social scandal, and much more––all firmly set in the context of America during its Gilded Age. A remarkable work of research and storytelling, Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent proves that if a picture tells a thousand words, it can also hide thousands more.”—Dayton Duncan, coauthor of The National Parks: America’s Best Idea “Maura Jane Farrelly is a marvelous writer and gifted storyteller who brings a finely honed sense of time and place to this remarkable book. Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent is many things at once—an enthralling triple biography, a fascinating work of historical detection, a compelling dialogue between past and present, a brilliant meditation on the historian’s craft, and a vivid portrait of a modernizing United States that manages to be both sweeping and intimate. By reconstructing the intertwined stories of Robert Ray Hamilton, John Dudley Sargent, and Edith Drake Sargent, Farrelly reminds us of the extraordinary significance of seemingly ordinary lives.”—Wendy Gamber, author of The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age “Enchanted by an evocative photograph of a woman playing her violin outside a log cabin with the majestic Teton Mountains in the background, Maura Jane Farrelly decided to look into the story behind it. Her historical detective work unearthed intersecting trails and unforgettable tales of murder, suicide, social scandal, and much more—all firmly set in the context of America during its Gilded Age. A remarkable work of research and storytelling, Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent proves that if a picture tells a thousand words, it can also hide thousands more.”—Dayton Duncan, coauthor of The National Parks: America’s Best Idea “Maura Jane Farrelly is a marvelous writer and gifted storyteller who brings a finely honed sense of time and place to this remarkable book. Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent is many things at once—an enthralling triple biography, a fascinating work of historical detection, a compelling dialogue between past and present, a brilliant meditation on the historian’s craft, and a vivid portrait of a modernizing United States that manages to be both sweeping and intimate. By reconstructing the intertwined stories of Robert Ray Hamilton, John Dudley Sargent, and Edith Drake Sargent, Farrelly reminds us of the extraordinary significance of seemingly ordinary lives.”—Wendy Gamber, author of The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age “Enchanted by an evocative photograph of a woman playing her violin outside a log cabin with the majestic Teton Mountains in the background, Maura Jane Farrelly decided to look into the story behind it. Her historical detective work unearthed intersecting trails and unforgettable tales of murder, suicide, social scandal, and much more––all firmly set in the context of America during its Gilded Age. A remarkable work of research and storytelling, Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent proves that if a picture tells a thousand words, it can also hide thousands more.”—Dayton Duncan, coauthor of The National Parks: America’s Best Idea “Maura Jane Farrelly is a marvelous writer and gifted storyteller who brings a finely honed sense of time and place to this remarkable book. Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent is many things at once—an enthralling triple biography, a fascinating work of historical detection, a compelling dialogue between past and present, a brilliant meditation on the historian’s craft, and a vivid portrait of a modernizing United States that manages to be both sweeping and intimate. By reconstructing the intertwined stories of Robert Ray Hamilton, John Dudley Sargent, and Edith Drake Sargent, Farrelly reminds us of the extraordinary significance of seemingly ordinary lives.”—Wendy Gamber, author of The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age Author InformationMaura Jane Farrelly is an associate professor of American studies at Brandeis University. She has worked as a reporter in Atlanta, Washington DC, and New York. Her books include Papist Patriots: The Making of an American Catholic Identity and Anti-Catholicism in America, 1620–1860. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |