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A tale of New England : the diaries of Hiram Harwood, Vermont farmer, 1810-1837 / Robert E. Shalhope.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shalhope, Robert E., 1941-2025.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harwood, Hiram, 1788-1839.
- Harwood, Hiram.
- Harwood, Hiram, 1788-1839--Diaries.
- Harwood, Benjamin, 1762-1851.
- Harwood, Benjamin.
- Harwood, Benjamin, 1762-1851--Diaries.
- Pioneers--Vermont--Bennington Region--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- Farmers--Vermont--Bennington Region--Biography.
- Farmers.
- Farm life--Vermont--Bennington Region.
- Farm life.
- Bennington Region (Vt.)--Biography.
- Bennington Region (Vt.).
- Bennington Region (Vt.)--Social life and customs--18th century.
- Bennington Region (Vt.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Vermont--Bennington Region.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Diaries.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Diaries of Hiram Harwood, Vermont farmer, 1810-1837
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- The extraordinary diary of Vermont farmer Hiram Harwood--a fourteen-volume record of personal, family, and community events from 1808 to 1837--provides Robert E. Shalhope with the material for this rich microhistory. Harwood's struggle to reach full manhood and assume his position as head of the family, his misgivings about challenging--much less displacing--his father, the changes American life brought to this traditional rite of passage, Hiram's relationships with wife and children, seasonal events, and all the day-to-day experiences of this finally tragic figure make for a fascinating personal story. At the same time, they offer readers a window onto the social, political, economic, and religious life of the entire New England region.
- Notes:
- Diaries were started by Benjamin Harwood in 1805 and continued by his son, Hiram Harwood, in 1808.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801871271
- OCLC:
- 49760582
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