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This reprint of an actual early-19th-century diary provides today's readers with an engaging rarity: a 15-year-old's brief, concise notebook and Sloane's 72 drawings and explanatory narrative. "An extraordinary glimpse into everyday Early American rural life . . . will delight readers of all ages." &...  read more
 


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Product Description:

This reprint of an actual early-19th-century diary provides today's readers with an engaging rarity: a 15-year-old's brief, concise notebook and Sloane's 72 drawings and explanatory narrative. "An extraordinary glimpse into everyday Early American rural life . . . will delight readers of all ages." — History in Review.
Reprint of the Wilfred Funk, Inc., New York, 1962 edition.

Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486436667
ISBN 13: 9780486436661
Author/Editor: Eric Sloane
Page Count: 128
Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 11
Publication date: December 2004

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