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Author:
Westphall, Allan F., author.
Title:
Books and religious devotion : the redemptive reading of an Irishman in Nineteenth-Century New England / Allan F. Westphall.
Publisher:
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xiv, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Books and reading--New England--History--19th century.
Marginalia--New England--History--19th century.
Connary, Thomas,--1814-1899--Library.
Books and reading--Christianity.--Christianity.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Series:
Penn State series in the history of the book
ISBN:
0271064048 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780271064048 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)880520978
LCCN:
2014009572
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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