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Insane Sisters

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Author : Gregg Andrews
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 1999

Insane Sisters written by Gregg Andrews and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

"In 1903, Atlas built a plant on the border of the small community of Ilasco, located just outside Hannibal - home of the infamous cave popularized in Mark Twain's most acclaimed novels. The rich and powerful Atlas quickly appointed itself as caretaker of Twain's heritage and sought to take control of Ilasco. However, its authority was challenged in 1910 when Heinbach inherited her husband's tract of land that formed much of the unincorporated town site. On grounds that Heinbach's husband had been in the advanced stages of alcoholism when she married him the year before, some of Ilasco's political leaders and others who had ties to Atlas challenged the will, charging Heinbach with undue influence."--Jacket.

Insane Sisters

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Author : Gregg Andrews
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 1999-09-30

Insane Sisters is the extraordinary tale of two sisters, Mary Alice Heinbach and Euphemia B. Koller, and their seventeen- year property dispute against the nation's leading cement corporation—the Atlas Portland Cement Company. In 1903, Atlas built a plant on the border of the small community of Ilasco, located just outside Hannibal—home of the infamous cave popularized in Mark Twain's most acclaimed novels. The rich and powerful Atlas quickly appointed itself as caretaker of Twain's heritage and sought to take control of Ilasco. However, its authority was challenged in 1910 when Heinbach inherited her husband's tract of land that formed much of the unincorporated town site. On grounds that Heinbach's husband had been in the advanced stages of alcoholism when she married him the year before, some of Ilasco's political leaders and others who had ties to Atlas challenged the will, charging Heinbach with undue influence. To help fight against the local lawyers and politicians who wanted Atlas to own the land, Heinbach enlisted the help of her shrewd and combative sister, Euphemia Koller, by making her co-owner of the tract. In a complex case that went to the Missouri Supreme Court four times, the sisters fiercely sought to hang on to the tract. However, in 1921 the county probate court imposed a guardianship over Heinbach and a circuit judge ordered a sheriff's sale of the property. After Atlas purchased the tract, Koller waged a lonely battle to overturn the sale and expose the political conspiracies that had led to Ilasco's conversion into a company town. Her efforts ultimately resulted in her court- ordered confinement in 1927 to Missouri's State Hospital Number One for the Insane, where she remained until her death at age sixty-eight. Insane Sisters traces the dire consequences the sisters suffered and provides a fascinating look at how the intersection of gender, class, and law shaped the history and politics of Ilasco. The book also sheds valuable new light on the wider consolidation of corporate capitalism and the use of guardianships and insanity to punish unconventional women in the early twentieth century.

Hoffmanns Catholic Directory Almanac And Clergy List Quarterly For The Year Of Our Lord

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888

Hoffmanns Catholic Directory Almanac And Clergy List Quarterly For The Year Of Our Lord written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with categories.

Guy S Hospital Reports

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1877

Guy S Hospital Reports written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1877 with Hospitals categories.

Alienist And Neurologist

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Author : Charles Hamilton Hughes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887

Alienist And Neurologist written by Charles Hamilton Hughes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with Neurology categories.

The Year My Sister Got Lucky

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Author : Aimee Friedman
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Release Date : 2012-09-01

The Year My Sister Got Lucky written by Aimee Friedman and has been published by Scholastic Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-01 with Young Adult Fiction categories.

From bestselling author Aimee Friedman, an acclaimed story about sisters, lies, and laughter -- now in paperback!Katie and Michaela Wilder are New York City girls...and best friends. But everything changes when they move upstate to rural Fir Lake. Katie is horrified by their new surroundings: the too-friendly neighbors, the lack of a subway, the fact they live near actual cows. She's shocked when Michaela adapts to the country life effortlessly, dating a cute football player and attending homecoming with something resembling enjoyment.And most shocking of all? She's started keeping secrets from Katie.