Dear home
Subtitle: the 1901 and 1902 diary of Mabel Lila Wait
By: edited by Susan Ward.
Contributors: Ward, Susan.; Owen D. Young Library. Friends.
Publisher: Friends of the Owen D. Young Library; Distributed by Syracuse University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Canton, N.Y; Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Wait, Mabel Lila -- Diaries.; Rural women -- New York (State) -- Saint Lawrence County -- Diaries.; Farm life -- New York (State) -- Saint Lawrence County -- Diaries.; Women farmers -- New York (State) -- Saint Lawrence County -- Diaries.; Saint Lawrence County (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Other titles: Canton, N.Y. [imprint]
Description: As the new century dawns, Mabel Lila Wait's world falls apart. The death of both parents within one year seems to mean the certain loss of her home and economic security. Her diary records her determined efforts to pull herself out of this "terrible desolation" and rebuild her life. With new-found independence and business acumen, she succeeds in purchasing and managing the family farm.

Ardently pursued by two suitors - one near and one far - she records her anguished indecision about the choices facing her.