A Midwife's Tale : The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 Colorado Book Award for Children's Literature (2007) the anthology

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A Midwife's Tale : The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 Colorado Book Award for Children's Literature (2007) the anthologyPULITZER PRIZE WINNER Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth century Maine, "A truly talented historian unravels the fascinating life of a community that is so foreign, and yet so similar to our own" ( The New York Times Book Review). Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in Hallowell, Maine. On the basis