{"product_id":"the-folks-in-the-woods-a-memoir-of-brown-hollow-missouri-1874-1991-9798385238286","title":"The Folks in the Woods: A Memoir of Brown Hollow, Missouri, 1874-1991","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Folks in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on Mary Ann Ackerson, 1904-91, in an isolated French village located in southeast Missouri. When she was seven years old, her parents--Daly and Sarah Ackeson--died of typhoid fever on successive days in 1911. Because Missouri was not yet a state, there were no adoption procedures for Mary Ann and her two brothers and one sister. The author's maternal great-grandfather and great-grandmother, Zeno and Sarah Osia, took Mary Ann to live with them. She grew up with their son--Joseph, who died at the age of seventeen two years later--and their daughter, Margaret--the author's maternal grandmother--who was a few years older than Mary Ann. Mary Ann became a feminist before feminism was invented. At her time in history, she entered a man's world and adopted it instead of maintaining the customs of a woman's world. This is her story and the stories of other folks who lived near her in the woods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Resource Publications (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798385238286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.17d","brand":"Mark G. Boyer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750170063029,"sku":"9798385238286","price":9.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-folks-in-the-woods-a-memoir-of-brown-hollow-missouri-1874-1991-9798385238286","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}