A new home, who'll follow? or, Glimpses of Western life / Caroline M. Kirkland ; edited with an introduction by Sandra A. Zagarell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirkland, Caroline M. (Caroline Matilda), 1801-1864.

Contributor:

Zagarell, Sandra A.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Series:

American women writers series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and literature.

Michigan Territory--History--Fiction.

Michigan Territory.

United States--Michigan Territory.

History.

Michigan.

Women and literature--Michigan.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

li, 218 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

New home, who'll follow?

Glimpses of Western life

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [1990]

Summary:

"A New Home is a vivid contribution to a new king of narrative developed during the antebellum period, ethnographic fiction. Kirkland highlights the importance and the drama of local practices and everyday life in Montacute. She traces the way two groups of settlers slowly adjust to each other--the old hands and the newcomers from the East. Dramatizing differences of class and culture, she also shows how the groups finally form a genuine community and a new diverse culture. Kirkland also gives ethnographic fiction an original twist: she satirizes the provincialism and the rigidity of both groups of settlers."--Publisher's description from paperback back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

ISBN:

0813515416

9780813515410

0813515424

9780813515427

OCLC:

20722132

Online:

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