Claws of a young century
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Irene Hunt.
Publisher: Scribner's; Brand: Encore Editions; Encore Editions
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Women's rights -- Fiction.; United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918 -- Fiction.
Description: Seventeen-year-old Ellen's optimistic dream of a bright new century full of hope on New Year's Eve 1899 seems a far cry from the reality of the next 20 years as she and all those close to her fight private and social battles that leave none of their lives unchanged.