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Books and Religious Devotion: The Redemptive Reading of an Irishman in Nineteenth-Century New England - Penn State Series in the History of the Book Allan F. Westphall Annotated edition
Books and Religious Devotion: The Redemptive Reading of an Irishman in Nineteenth-Century New England - Penn State Series in the History of the Book
Allan F. Westphall
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.
248 pages, , black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 15, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780271064055 |
| Publishers | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 153 × 229 × 16 mm · 376 g |
| Language | English |