Saltwater: Grief in Early America by Eyring, Mary
Saltwater: Grief in Early America by Eyring, Mary

Saltwater: Grief in Early America

Death is easy to locate in the archives of early America. Grief is not so easily pinned...
$155.11 AUD
$155.11 AUD
SKU: 9781469685380
Product Type: Books
Please hurry! Only 1926 left in stock
Author: Mary Eyring
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Subtotal: $155.11
Saltwater: Grief in Early America by Eyring, Mary

Saltwater: Grief in Early America

$155.11
Saltwater: Grief in Early America by Eyring, Mary

Saltwater: Grief in Early America

$155.11
Author: Mary Eyring
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Death is easy to locate in the archives of early America. Grief is not so easily pinned down. Yet it was a near constant companion for the men and women that settled in what is now New England. Their lives were a kaleidoscope of small-scale tragedies that suffused and colored everyday experiences. This pervasive suffering was exacerbated by unfamiliar environments and exposure to the anguish of Indigenous and Black Americans, unsettling well-worn frameworks to produce new dimensions of everyday grief. Mary Eyring traces these fleeting, often mundane, glimpses of grief in the archives--a note about a sailor maimed during a whaling voyage, the hint of a miscarriage in a court record, the suggestion of domestic violence within a tract on witchcraft, a house sent up in flames at the opening of a captivity narrative--to show how the cumulative weight of grief created a persistent mood that influenced public and private affairs in sweeping ways largely unexamined by previous scholars.

With piercing insights and evocative prose, Eyring follows grief across generations and oceans to reveal a language of suffering understood and shared across diverse early American communities.

Author: Mary Eyring
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 02/18/2025
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.45w x 0.95d
ISBN: 9781469685380

About the Author
Mary Eyring is associate professor of English and American studies at Brigham Young University.
Shipping & Return

Returns Policy

You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.

Shipping

We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.

When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.

Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.

Review