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Object: Matrimony: The Risky Business Of Mail-Order Matchmaking On The Western Frontier

by Chris Enss · 2012

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"... Contains stories of the origin of the practice and the romantic unions that came about as a result, as well as the disappointments and desertions"—Introd.

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