Gold Digger The Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor by Rebecca Rosenberg

Gold Digger The Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor by

Rebecca Rosenberg, published by Lion Heart Publishing is the true story of 22 years old Lizzie Doe. The family of Lizzie lost all the fortune during a fire and the girl is constricted of marrying a man, Harvey, she doesn't love going to the West with him. All of it, for helping her parents and trying re-built a dignity inside a pennieless family. Independent, open, immediately Lizzie demostrated to her husband what she was capable of, although the admonition of the husband was clear: here it's not Paris. Harvey Doe and his dad owned a mine and Lizzie immediately understand the opportunities and potentialities asking for searching for gold.

Sure the line put on the mouth of the dad  of Harvey  describes the situation of ladies at the end of 1870s.

“You, charming lady, can help by making a good home for my

son: cook hot meals, wash the laundry, clean the house.”

Joining the sewing circle organized by influential ladies of the city Lizzie discovers much more about mining although situations with the ladies of the circle became hard at a certain point.

Her relationship with the husband deteriorated after a while as well. Harvey was not exactly a saint. He visited brothels, lost,gambling a lot of money.

Pregnant, alone and owning a mine, Baby Doe later met along her way an older partner, a magnate pretty rich in Tabor. Tabor infatuated by her left the wife and married her.

A wonderful book this one, a quick reading because plenty of dialogues, and a fascinating portrait of a lady who, substantially was in grade of breaking a lot of rules, first of all the one of genres and consideration, still pretty poor that women had in the American society: just housewives for their men. For sure she was the Scarlett O'Hara of the West a feareless and free lsdy  

Beautiful! 

I thank NetGalley and the Rebecca Rosenberg for this ebook.

Anna Maria Polidori