NMLP P-018657 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich · Alfred A. Knopf · 1990

Alfred A. Knopf (New York), a Borzoi book, issued the true first in 1990. Won the Pulitzer Prize for History and the Bancroft Prize in 1991.

Full identification guide for this title →

New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-018657 for "A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812" by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-018657, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).