
Caroline Fraser Zinsser
Born: 1930 in Chicago, Illinois
Pen Name: Caroline Zinsser Connection to Illinois: Zinsser was born in Chicago. Biography: Caroline Zinsser, Ph.D., is an anthropologist and social historian who writes on the subject of children and families. She lives in New York City.
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Dear and Affectionate Wife - The Letters of Charles and Mary Chadwick of Lyme, Connecticut, 1828-1851 ISBN: B003LNLKNY OCLC: East Lyme Public Library 2005 ear and Affectionate Wife is the story--told through their letters--of Charles Chadwick, the captain of a packer ship sailing between New York and London in the early decades of the 19th century, and his wife, Mary Rowland Chadwick, who managed their small family farm in Lyme, Connecticut, during his long absences at sea. The letters of Charles and Mary Chadwick tell an American story of unusual richness and historical significance. |
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Raised in East Urban : ISBN: 0807731390 OCLC: 24067824 Teachers College Press, New York : ©1991. |
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Vine Utley: The Remarkable Country Doctor of Lyme, Connecticut (1768-1836) ISBN: B018V7PB1Q OCLC: East Lyme Public Library 2010 Vine Utley was no ordinary country doctor. A man of restless scientific curiosity, he introduced in the early 1800s an audacious use of vaccines that helped to arrest the terrifying epidemics of smallpox that were ravaging Connecticut's towns and villages. As a caring physician in the community of Lyme, Dr. Utley kept a record of his case histories from 1798 to 1834, which vividly describe the startling medical treatments of the day. Seeking the secrets of longevity, he corresponded with the septuagenarian Thomas Jefferson. Fired by patriotism, he daringly served as ship's surgeon on a privateer during the War of 1812. Just as Vine Utley was no ordinary country doctor, this account of his life is no ordinary book. The story of Dr. Utley and his pioneering work has never been written. His lost trail was discovered by Caroline Fraser Zinsser, working from scattered, unpublished manuscripts. The narrative that she teases out of those long-neglected papers has the excitement of a detective story and the drama of medical history at its best. |