Amelia Akehurst Lines

Broschiertes Buch

To Raise Myself a Little

The Diaries and Letters of Jennie, a Georgia Teacher

Herausgeber: Dyer, Thomas G

Beschreibung

Amelia Akehurst Lines's diaries and letters provide an extraordinarily rich record of the attitudes and values of an "average” American woman of the mid-nineteenth century. Lines was a young New York schoolteacher whose ambition drove her to seek new opportunities in rural Georgia.

Autor

THOMAS G. DYER (1943-2013) was University Professor Emeritus and Vice President for Instruction Emeritus at the University of Georgia. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Secret Yankees: The Union Circle in Confederate Atlanta and The University of Georgia: A Bicentennial History, 1785-1985 (Georgia).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Georgia Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9780820339368
• ISBN-10: 0820339369
• Artikelnr.: 35565283