Katherine R. Bateman
Autore di The Young Investor: Projects and Activities for Making Your Money Grow
Opere di Katherine R. Bateman
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- Opere
- 2
- Utenti
- 56
- Popolarità
- #291,557
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 11
Quote: "It would been such an unfortunate precedent for the clay girl-children, who were repeatedly and emphatically informed that 'no one in our family has ever had a baby out of wedlock."
At first I was concerned about reading a book that is first a genealogy - reading about someone else's family tree. Sure, my aunt Sue's stories about great grandma are interesting to me, but would anyone else want to read about them? Perhaps not, but a combination of Katherine Bateman's writing style and the interesting lives of her forebearers make Kentucky Clay work in a big way. Yes, she does occasionally get judgmental of her ancestors (judging 17th century by 21st century standards), but it seems to come from a place of trying internally to reconcile the actions of people in her past with the idealized version she had of early family members.… (altro)