A Passionate Usefulness: The Life and Literary Labors of Hannah Adams - Gary Schmidt - Books - University of Virginia Press - 9780813922720 - June 4, 2004
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A Passionate Usefulness: The Life and Literary Labors of Hannah Adams


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In a literary environment dominated by men, the first American to earn a living as a writer on both sides of the Atlantic was, miraculously, a woman. This is Hannah Adam's biography, which focuses primarily on the intimate connection between Adams's reading and her own literary work.


416 pages, 1 port.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released June 4, 2004
ISBN13 9780813922720
Publishers University of Virginia Press
Pages 416
Dimensions 156 × 235 × 34 mm   ·   802 g

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