{"product_id":"9781887043137","title":"A Bigamist in the Bunch: Orville Wilbur and Nettie Drake: How Their 19th Century Secret Affected One of New England's Oldest Families","description":"Who knows why no one in the family wanted to admit that Orville Wilbur was a bigamist? Shame. Embarrassment. Or maybe they did not want to reveal the real story? It was a different era when the author's grandfather was born in 1894. Divorce was scandalous; as a single mother, one can only imagine how Nettie Drake would have been treated at the market, the dry goods store, and-gasp-the church. Not to mention the financial complications of how a woman could raise children alone. Whatever the reason, Nettie finally gathered her courage and sent shockwaves that rippled from a small Boston, Massachusetts suburb as far north as Maine and west to the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains. A Bigamist in the Bunch untangles the myths about Nettie and Orville and paints a vivid snapshot that shows how a single genealogical anecdote changed the generations that followed.\u003cp\u003eJean Stone is a great-granddaughter of Nettie and Orville. Inspired by the in-depth genealogy research done by her sister, Joan Adams, Jean set out to learn more. The author of 17 novels, one non-fiction book, and countless articles, Jean is also a developmental editor with many additional books to her credit. The Bigamist in the Bunch, however, is personal. \"It happened in my family,\" she said. \"I wanted to document the truth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White River Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033177833712,"sku":"9781887043137","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781887043137_p0.jpg?v=1763607336","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781887043137","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}