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Born white and free in new england, to new england parents in 1831. The sea captains wife by beth powning books on beechwood. Growing up on the bay of fundy in the 1860s, azuba galloway. She clearly has done extensive research as to what life at that time would be like. But even after she marries captain nathaniel bradstock, azuba and her daughter carrie remain on land, occupied with the busy yet disenchanting life of a sea captains wife.
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