Trials of the Earth : The True Story of a Pioneer Woman

from gaillamontagne

Amazing true story about a 17 year old girl, Mary , who married a British man about 30 who was very secretive about his linage but from his life, appeared to be an honest, intelligent and generous man. This wrenching memoir of love, courage, and survival was waiting to he told. Withheld for almos...

from lmsgirl

I was introduced to this autobiography at a novel study from a local college and it is one of the best autobiographies I have ever read. Mary Hamilton tells the story of her life in the Mississippi Delta (1866-1936) to Helen Davis in 1932, who asks Mary to record her memories. A year later, Mary ...

from nx74defiant

Mary tells the story of her life. It was a very hard life, full of tragedy. She marries Frank because it was what her family wanted. She came to love him very much. I found it rather depressing with all the struggles they went though.

from Beamis12

Mary Hamilton is a truly remarkable woman, not well known, not famous but remarkable all the same. So glad her story has at last been published. One of the first women to homestead in the Mississippi Delta, was there when the Parchment prison system was started. My goodness but this woman lived w...

from gaillamontagne

Amazing true story about a 17 year old girl, Mary , who married a British man about 30 who was very secretive about his linage but from his life, appeared to be an honest, intelligent and generous man. This wrenching memoir of love, courage, and survival was waiting to he told. Withheld for almos...