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Life and sayings of Mrs. Partington, and others of the family / edited by B.P. Shillaber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shillaber, B. P. (Benjamin Penhallow), 1814-1890
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American wit and humor.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
- Manufacture:
- Boston : Stereotyped by Hobart & Robbins, printed by John A. Gray.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : J.C. Derby, 1854.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Ruth Partington was the prototype for Mark Twain's Aunt Polly and Ike for Tom Sawyer.
- The frontispiece was used as the last illustration of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer.
- Two illustrations by Nathan Brown and engraved by Baker Andrew and W. Wurzbach; five illustrations by Frederick M. Coffin and engraved by N. Orr; the frontispiece by Josiah Wolcott.
- Reproduction of the original from the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard University.
- OCLC:
- 85795555
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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