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The Great Catastrophe of My Life
From the end of the Revolution until 1851, the Virginia legislature granted most divorces in the state. It granted divorces rarely, however, turning down two-thirds of those who petitioned for them. Men and women who sought release from unhappy marriages faced a harsh legal system buttressed by the political, religious, and communal cultures of southern life. Through the lens of this hostile environment, Thomas Buckley explores with sympathy the lives and legal struggles of those who challenged it. Based on research in almost 500 divorce files, The Great Catastrophe of My Life involves a wide cross-section of Virginians. Their stories expose southern attitudes and practices involving a spectrum of issues from marriage and family life to gender relations, interracial sex, adultery, desertion, and domestic violence. Although the oppressive legal regime these husbands and wives battled has passed away, the emotions behind their efforts to dissolve the bonds of marriage still resonate strongly.
Notorious in the Neighborhood
Provides a history of interracial sexual relationships during the era of slavery.
W. J. Carlton
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Marine Propellers and Propulsion
The early development of the screw propeller. Propeller geometry. The propeller environment. The ship wake field, propeller performance characteristics.
The Driver Family
Appendex contains twenty-three families, intermarriages with the Driver family, which families are compiled from the first generation to the intermarriage, and not father ...
