Tristimania

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Agathe Lenoël

"Personne ne peut soupçonner que je suis bipolaire. Un matin, j'ai surgi de mon lit, comme un ressort, mue par un désir irrésistible de raconter mon histoire, pour dire au monde cette détresse et cette joie mêlées que procure la bipolarité. Voici donc un témoignage, le mien, qui se situe au plus intime de l'être, au plus près des pensées quand elles s'encombrent et deviennent folles. Voici un récit intime pour dire, du point de vue de la personne souffrante et bien vivante, combien la lutte vaut la peine, combien la route est belle. Aujourd'hui, j'ai envie de raconter ce qui se cache derrière ce "moi" qui me joue des tours. Qui suis-je quand je ne suis pas moi? Cette question me hante depuis maintenant plus de quinze ans et j'ai décidé d'aller vers cette personne, avec vous."

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her grand-niece

Letters written by the wife of the fourth president, a bright intelligent woman who took a lively interest in what was passing about her. Sprightly and entertaining, giving valuable accounts of important historical events. Short narrative statements by editor connect letters and explains allusions. — A.L.A. Catalog 1904

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Laurie Krebs

Describes a typical day in the life of James Forten, who was born in Philadelphia to free black parents, learned to be a sailmaker, and later became a wealthy, respected businessman with his own shop.

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Janice E. McKenney

Women of the Constitution follows in the footsteps of the 1912 work The Wives of the Signers, which was devoted to biographical sketches of the spouses of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. This new publication will be the first work devoted exclusively to brief biographies of the forty-three wives of the signers of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787. Each entry includes vital information, where known such as birth, parents, marriage, children, and death as well as a footnoted biography with its own bibliography. Also provided are illustrations of many of the wives and their homes, as well as an appendix describing the now historic residences in which the signers and their spouses resided.