Ebook {Epub PDF} Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York by Marge Piercy

In Sex Wars Marge Piercy takes on a historical era, as she did in City of Darkness, City of Light (the French Revolution). The time is post-Civil War up to , the place, New York City, and three of the four main characters are real people--Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Victoria Woodhull, and Anthony Comstock. The fourth character, fictional, is Freydeh Levin, a Jewish-Russian immigrant from "The Pale."/5(55).  · Post–Civil War New York City is the battleground of the American dream. In this era of free love, emerging rights of women, and brutal sexual repression, Freydeh, a spirited young Jewish immigrant, toils at different jobs to earn passage to America for her family. Learning that her younger sister is adrift somewhere in the city, she begins a determined search that carries her from tenement Brand: HarperCollins e-books. Marge Piercy has written seventeen novels including the New York Times bestseller Gone to Soldiers, the national bestsellers Braided Lives and The Longings of Women, and the classic Woman on the Edge of Time, as well as He, She and It and Sex Wars; nineteen volumes of poetry including The Hunger Moon: New and Selected Poems –, The Crooked Inheritance, and Made in Detroit; and the /5(58).

Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York | Chapter 3 of Author: Marge Piercy | Submitted by: Maria Garcia | Views | Add a Review Please hit next button if you encounter an empty page. Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York by Marge Piercy avg rating — 1, ratings — published — 8 editions. Sex Wars A Novel Of Gilded Age New York 1/4 [MOBI] Sex Wars A Novel Of Gilded Age New York Sex Wars-Marge Piercy Coming of age in a post-Civil War New York City tenement flat, Jewish-Russian Freydeh juggles multiple jobs to earn passage for her family, until she learns that her younger sister is adrift somewhere in the city.

In Sex Wars Marge Piercy takes on a historical era, as she did in City of Darkness, City of Light (the French Revolution). The time is post-Civil War up to , the place, New York City, and three of the four main characters are real people--Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Victoria Woodhull, and Anthony Comstock. The fourth character, fictional, is Freydeh Levin, a Jewish-Russian immigrant from "The Pale.". Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York by Piercy, Marge and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at bltadwin.ru Marge Piercy is, unquestionably, a master of historical bltadwin.ru her 16th novel, "Sex Wars," Piercy re-creates the Gilded Age in New York City, bringing to life the most influential activists of the period. Victoria Woodhull is a beautiful spiritualist with a knack for the stock market who decides to run for president.