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020 $a1590512626 (acid-free paper)
020 $a9781590512623 (acid-free paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)OCM66463711
035 $a(NNC)6156150
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050 00 $aPR9369.3.K64$bB68 2007
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100 1 $aKohler, Sheila.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88120556
245 10 $aBluebird, or, The invention of happiness :$ba novel /$cSheila Kohler.
246 30 $aBluebird
246 30 $aInvention of happiness
260 $aNew York :$bOther Press,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $a425 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Bluebird, or The Invention of Happiness is a novel based on the life of a French aristocrat of Irish origin, Henriette Lucy Dillon. Her beauty, wit, and lack of pretension made her a favorite of such luminaries as Talleyrand and Madame de Stael - and equipped her to survive the "Terror" that swept France in the wake of the Revolution." "As the tumbrels rolls and all her former circle are guillotined, Lucy manages to escape France, taking her husband, a very seasick Marquis, and her two small children across the Atlantic during the rough winter crossing in a small, one-masted boat. After arriving in Boston, the family journeys to the area near Albany, New York where Lucy successfully takes up dairy farming and encounters the American aristocracy of the time: the Schuylers, the Van Rensselaers, and even Alexander Hamilton. She also befriends her Native American neighbors as well as the local Shakers. Exhilarated by the personal and political freedom she finds in America, Lucy embraces all the challenges and adventures the New World presents her." "With research and lavish detail, Sheila Kohler recreates an 18th century world both luminous and terrifying."--BOOK JACKET.
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650 0 $aAristocracy (Social class)$zFrance$vFiction.
651 0 $aFrance$xHistory$yRevolution, 1789-1799$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051330
651 0 $aFrance$xSocial life and customs$y18th century$vFiction.
651 0 $aHudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115368
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y1783-1865$vFiction.
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