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DVD

A midwife's tale

Call Number

  • DVD 618.20233 M6299 (CEN)

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Languages

Closed-captioned.

Performers

Kaiulani Lee ; commentary by Laurel Ulrich.

Publication Information

[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video, [2005]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 88 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

"Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Laurel Ulrich, A MIDWIFE'S TALE unfolds like a detective story--the true tale of two women, 200 years apart, linked by the massive yet cryptic diary one of them left behind. The world of frontier midwife Martha Ballard gradually takes shape as author and historian Laurel Ulrich pieces it together. A MIDWIFE'S TALE unfolds in a small Maine town during the turbulent decades following the American Revolution--a time when social change and religious conflict are rife, and survival is a full-time job."--Container.

Notes

Based on the book "A midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812" by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of American experience in 2017.

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