Duke University Alumni Magazine



January-February 1997:

Featured Article
by Catherine Petroski

History Through Paper Windows
As she investigates the diary of a sea-captain's wife, a researcher wonders: "Who was this plain-spoken, intelligent, industrious Down East woman who was by turns serious and playful, at once revealing and reticent?"


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