City of light

Description:

Louisa Barrett, headmistress of a prestigious girls' school in Buffalo in 1901, is a forward-looking, independent young woman. But the secret of her past - which connects her to the highest echelons of US government - continually underlines the fragility of her position in the city's society.

subjects: Industrial revolution,  Fiction,  Electrification,  Women school principals,  Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.),  Social conditions,  New York (State),  Buffalo,  City and town life,  Pan-American Exposition. fast (OCoLC)fst01406910,  General,  Large type books,  Historical fiction,  Mystery fiction,  Private schools,  Social life and customs,  Fiction, historical, general,  Buffalo (n.y.), fiction,  Fiction, suspense,  Fiction, mystery & detective, general,  Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85307518 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n85307518

Places: New York (State),  Buffalo,  Buffalo (N.Y.)