Bride For Sale

Author : Marcia A. Zug
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479821322
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buying a Bride written by Marcia A. Zug and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have always been mail-order brides in America—but we haven’t always thought about them in the same ways. In Buying a Bride, Marcia A. Zug starts with the so-called “Tobacco Wives” of the Jamestown colony and moves all the way forward to today’s modern same-sex mail-order grooms to explore the advantages and disadvantages of mail-order marriage. It’s a history of deception, physical abuse, and failed unions. It’s also the story of how mail-order marriage can offer women surprising and empowering opportunities. Drawing on a forgotten trove of colorful mail-order marriage court cases, Zug explores the many troubling legal issues that arise in mail-order marriage: domestic abuse and murder, breach of contract, fraud (especially relating to immigration), and human trafficking and prostitution. She tells the story of how mail-order marriage lost the benign reputation it enjoyed in the Civil War era to become more and more reviled over time, and she argues compellingly that it does not entirely deserve its current reputation. While it is a common misperception that women turn to mail-order marriage as a desperate last resort, most mail-order brides are enticed rather than coerced. Since the first mail-order brides arrived on American shores in 1619, mail-order marriage has enabled women to improve both their marital prospects and their legal, political, and social freedoms. Buying A Bride uncovers this history and shows us how mail-order marriage empowers women and should be protected and even encouraged.

Author : Mila Glodava
Publisher : Alaken Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781880293034
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mail-order Brides written by Mila Glodava and published by Alaken Incorporated. This book was released on 1994 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lois Carroll
Publisher : Satin Romance
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stolen Bride for Sale written by Lois Carroll and published by Satin Romance. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1670, Lady Elizabeth and other women were kidnapped from the streets of London and shipped to Virginia Colony. The women who survived the voyage were sold to colonists seeking wives or unpaid household workers. Each one was given a piece of paper saying they were married to the man who bought them, but no ceremony was performed. Lady Elizabeth certainly never agreed to any marriage as she was engaged to a Lord back home. Unable to escape, she is auctioned to widower, Glen Maclean, who promises to send her home to England in the spring if she'll stay on his farm for the winter to cook and care for his young daughter. The fact that Liz's mother died young and Liz spent her childhood years playing in the kitchen where she learned to cook means she can do what he asks. She wants only to return home to England, but she has no option but to accept Glen's offer and pray he keeps his word to send her home in the spring. Arriving at the farm, she is shocked to see the farmhouse has only two rooms…a kitchen and one bedroom. Given no choice, she must live in the sparse conditions so unlike living in her rich father's manor. She can only hope Glen will return her to England in the spring, or that her father will send someone to rescue her.

Author : Carolyn Brown
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 140228053X
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cowboy's Mail Order Bride written by Carolyn Brown and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 3 of Cowboys & Brides From New York Times and USA Today-bestselling author Carolyn Brown comes a contemporary Western romance filled to the brim with sexy cowboys, gutsy heroines, and genuine down-home Texas twang. Emily Cooper promised her dying grandfather that she'd deliver a long-lost letter to a woman he once planned to wed. Little does adventurous Emily know that this simple task will propel her to places she never could have imagined...with a cowboy who's straight out of her dreams... When sexy rancher Greg Adams discovers his grandmother Clarice has installed Emily on their ranch as her assistant, he decides to humor the two ladies. He figures Emily will move on soon enough. In the meantime, he intends to keep a close eye on her—he doesn't quite buy her story of his grandmother as a mail-order bride. A lost letter meant a lost love for Clarice, but two generations later, maybe it's not too late for that letter to work its magic. Fans of Linda Lael Miller and Diana Palmer will thrill to this charming story of a sexy Texas rancher and the mail order bride who brought him to one knee. Cowboys & Brides Series: Billion Dollar Cowboy (Book 1) The Cowboy's Christmas Baby (Book 2) The Cowboy's Mail Order Bride (Book 3) How to Marry a Cowboy (Book 4) Praise for Bestselling Contemporary Western Romances by Carolyn Brown: "Sizzling hot and absolutely delectable."—Romance Junkies "Charming...a smoking-hot romance...there's nothing sexier than a cowboy."—RT Book Reviews, 4 stars "Witty dialogue and hilarious banter... Carolyn Brown delivers yet another steamy cowboy romance."—Night Owl Reviews

Author : Jane Corrie
Publisher : Harlequin Treasury-Harlequin Romanc
ISBN 13 : 9780373024315
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bride for Sale written by Jane Corrie and published by Harlequin Treasury-Harlequin Romanc. This book was released on 1981 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bride For Sale by Jane Corrie released on Aug 25, 1981 is available now for purchase.

Author : Ana Seymour
Publisher : Harlequin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780373288380
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brides for Sale written by Ana Seymour and published by Harlequin Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brides For Sale by Ana Seymour released on Jul 25, 1994 is available now for purchase.

Author : Heather B. Moore
Publisher : Mirror Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1941145647
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mail Order Bride Collection written by Heather B. Moore and published by Mirror Press, LLC. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Iris Johansen
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553905538
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lion's Bride written by Iris Johansen and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sizzling novel of passion, peril, and searing sensuality from “a master among master storytellers” (Affaire de Coeur)—a magical weaver of spellbinding tales, enticing characters, and unforgettable romance. The darkly handsome warrior found her in the hot desert night, the last survivor of a caravan devastated by a brutal attack. But Thea could hardly have found a less likely savior. Brooding and powerful, the infamous Lord Ware felt no need to rescue a total stranger, but Thea’s striking beauty and fighting spirit moved him. So the knight in tarnished armor carried her away to his secret stronghold at Dundragon, where she would become his prisoner, his tormentor, his lover . . . and the one weapon his deadly enemy could use to destroy him.

Author : Allison Moir-Smith
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440649634
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emotionally Engaged written by Allison Moir-Smith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the country’s foremost expert on “cold feet,” a smart and compassionate guide for the bride-to-be who thinks she should be blissfully happy—but is freaking out instead For most brides, the elation of engagement is accompanied by a cocktail of unexpected emotions: Anxiety about making a lifelong commitment. Sadness about leaving their single life behind. Confusion when even simple decisions—should we serve chicken cordon bleu or beef Wellington?—bring them to tears. Worst of all, since everyone around them expects them to be happy, few brides feel there’s anyone to turn to with these conflicting feelings. Written by one of Modern Bride’s “25 Trendsetters of 2006”—and targeting the 2.5 million women who get engaged each year—Emotionally Engagedis the only book geared toward helping brides survive their engagements and emerge as stronger, happier, better- adjusted married women. In the book, Allison Moir-Smith shares her threestage, tried-and-true process from her workshops and individual therapy sessions, along with the stories of over a dozen brides-to-be and newlyweds, helping readers transform their bridal blues into bridal bliss.

Author : Candice Hern
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780380809011
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bride Sale written by Candice Hern and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2002-01-08 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shocked to discover an English village is conducting a "bride sale, " Lord James Harkness is surprised by his feelings for the unfortunate woman being auctioned off by her disreputable husband. James outbids the townsfolk for Verity Osborne, but the secretive, tortured nobleman never dreams that she will be the one to finally bring love into his life.