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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES THE EGG AND US: CONTEXTUALIZATION AND HISTORICIZATION OF BETTY MACDONALD’S WORKS By SAMANTHA HOEKSTRA A Thesis submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Degree Awarded: Spring 2014 Samantha Hoekstra defended this thesis on December 9, 2013. The members of the supervisory committee were: Maxine Jones Professor Directing Thesis Maxine Montgomery Committee Member Edward Wynot Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the thesis has been approved in accordance with University requirements. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................... iv INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................1 1. HISTORIOGRAPHY AND THE USE OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY ..............................................6 2. DOUBLE YOLK - CONTEXTUALIZING BETTY’S WEDDED BLISS ..............................14 3. WILDERNESS WIVES AND FRONTIER FOLLIES - HATCHING THE EGG AND