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Books and religious devotion : the redemptive reading of an Irishman in Nineteenth-Century New England / Allan F. Westphall.
LIBRA Z1003.3.N4 W47 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Westphall, Allan F., author.
- Series:
- Penn State series in the history of the book
- The Penn State series in the history of the book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Connary, Thomas, 1814-1899.
- Books and reading--New England--History--19th century.
- Books and reading.
- Marginalia--New England--History--19th century.
- Marginalia.
- Connary, Thomas, 1814-1899--Library.
- Connary, Thomas.
- Books and reading--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- History.
- New England.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- "Examines the book collection of Thomas Connary, a nineteenth-century Irish Catholic New England farmer, to reconstruct how Connary read and annotated his books. Reveals how books can structure a life of devotion and social participation, and presents an authentic, holistic view of one reader's interior life"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271064048
- 0271064048
- OCLC:
- 880520978
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