A Colonial Woman's Bookshelf

A Colonial Woman's Bookshelf

1st Edition

Hardback (25 Sep 1996)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Hayes (English, U. of Central Oklahoma) describes the kinds of books American colonial women read and the reasons they read them, drawing on primary sources such as wills and estate inventories, sales ledgers, and borrowing records from subscription libraries. He identifies various categories of reading material, from devotional works to novels and

Book information

ISBN: 9780870499371
Publisher: The University of Tennessee Press
Imprint: The University of Tennessee Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 028.9082
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 216
Weight: 581g
Height: 237mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 23mm