The Great Catastrophe of My Life
Subtitle: Divorce in the Old Dominion
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 8, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780807853801
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Family law; Separation & divorce; Social History; c 1800 to c 1900; Law and legislation; History; History - U.S.; United States - Revolutionary War; History: American; Virginia; Legal History; United States - State & Local - General; Law & Legal History; Southern Studies; Women's Studies/Gender Studies; Religious Studies; Religion / Sociology of Religion; Family Law - Divorce & Separation; 19th century; Divorce; Marital conflict
First sentence: Robert Turnbull's obvious misery alarmed and puzzled his friends in the autumn of 1790.