Emma Alderson

Writing Home

A Quaker Immigrant on the Ohio Frontier; The Letters of Emma Botham Alderson
Herausgeber: Ulin, Donald Ingram

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Writing Home is the critically annotated correspondence of Emma Alderson, an 1840s immigrant from England to Ohio, mingling details of daily life with observations on slavery, American customs, religious communities, the impending war with Mexico, and more. Ending with Alderson’s death in 1847, the letters formed the basis for Mary Howitt’s popular children’s book Our Cousins in Ohio (1849).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bucknell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 548
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 916g
• ISBN-13: 9781684481965
• ISBN-10: 1684481961
• Artikelnr.: 58671121

Autorenporträt

EMMA BOTHAM ALDERSON (1806-1847) was a Quaker woman who immigrated to Ohio from Liverpool, England, in 1842, with her husband and other family members. She was the sister of Mary Howitt, popular poet, translator, and author of books for children and young adults. DONALD INGRAM ULIN is an associate professor and director of English at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford in Pennsylvania and has published articles on a wide variety of topics, including literary pedagogy, Charles Darwin, film adaptations of Huckleberry Finn, and the nineteenth-century invention of an English countryside.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations Abbreviations Preface Introduction Friends and Family Final Years in England Letters
Authorship
and Transnational Modernity Editorial Practices and Principles I. Leaving home: the Shenandoah
across the Alleghenies
the First Winter Six Weeks at Sea Across the Alleghenies American Friends The Botany of Home Letters (1842 to 1843) 1. To Unknown
July 8
1942 2. To Ann Botham
August 17
1842 3. To Ann Botham and Mary Howitt
September 1842 4. To Ann Botham and Anna Harrison
October 7
1842 5. To Anna Harrison and Daniel Harrison
November 30
1842 6. To Ann Botham
January 16
1843 to February 24
1843 7. To Mary Harrison and Margaret Ann Harrison
March 27
1843 8. To Ann Botham
April 7
1843 to April 16
1843 9. To Ann Botham
May 16
1843 to May 28
1843 II. A Home of their Own: First Years at Cedar Lodge Pittsburgh to Cincinnati by Steamboat Landscapes: Beauty and More Botany Becoming (and Unbecoming) Americans Family and Friends Friends and the Great Separations Letters 1843 to 1845 10. To Anna Harrison and Daniel Harrison
June 1843 11. To Ann Botham
July 25
1843 12. To Ann Botham
September 6
1843 13. To Mary Howitt
October 3
1843 14. To Ann Botham
October 29
1843 to November 14
1843 15. To Anna Harrison
November 20
1843 to December 1
1843 16. To Ann Botham
December 31
1843 17. To Ann Botham
January 28
1844 to March 9
1844 18. To Ann Botham
April 22
1844 to May 6
1844 19. To Ann Botham
May 19
1844 to June 14
1844 20. To Ann Botham
June 2
1844 to July 24
1844 21. To Anna Harrison
September 2
1844 to September 13
1844 22. To Mary Howitt
October 13
1844 23. To Ann Botham
October 24
1844 24. To Ann Botham
December 1
1844 to December 26
1844 25. To Mary Howitt
January 20
1845 26. To Ann Botham
March 7
1845 to May 27
1844 27. To Ann Botham
April 4
1845 28. To Ann Botham
May 21
1845 29. To Anna Mary Howitt
June 10
1845 30. To Anna Harrison
July 19
1845 31. To Ann Botham
September 13
1845 32. To Ann Botham
October 1845 32. To Ann Botham
October 1845 33. To Ann Botham
October 25
1845 34. To Anna Harrison
November 5
1845 35. To Ann Botham
November 1845 to December 24
1845 36. William Howitt
December 28
1845 III. The Final Years Race and Racism in America Becoming an Author The End Letters 1846-1847 37. To Margaret and Herbert Howitt
January 1
1846 to January 8
1846 38. To Margaret and Herbert Howitt
January 9
1846 to January 20
1846 39. To Mary Howitt
February 15
1846 to February 21
1846 39. To Mary Howitt
February 15
1846 to February 21
1846 40. To Margaret and Herbert Howitt
January 28
1846 to March 2
1846 41. To Ann Botham
March 23
1846 42. To Margaret and Herbert Howitt
March 2
1846 to March 26
1846 42. To Margaret and Herbert Howitt
March 2
1846 to March 26
1846 43. To Margaret and Herbert Howitt
April 1
1846 to April 16
1846 44. To Mary Howitt
April 18
1846 to May 18
1846 44. To Mary Howitt
May 1
1846 to May 18
1846 45. To Ann Botham
May 3
1846 to May 18
1846 46. To Mary Howitt
May 14
1846 to June 14
1846 46. To Mary Howitt
May 15
1846 to June 14
1846 47. To Mary Howitt
June 30
1846 to July 11
1846 48. To Anna Harrison
June 26
1846 to July 15
1846 49. To Ann Botham
July 12
1846 50. To Mary Howitt
July 13
1846 to June 27
1846 51. To Mary Howitt
August 2
1846 to August 15
1846 52. To Mary Howitt
August 1846 to September 21
1846 52. To Mary Howitt
August 1846 to September 21
1846 53. To Ann Botham
September 21
1846 54. To Ann Botham
September 1846 55. To Mary Howitt
September 27 1846 to October 20
1846 56. To Mary Howitt
October 24
1846 to November 20
1846 56. To Mary Howitt
October 24
1846 to November 20
1846 57. To Anna Harrison
November 1846 58. To Ann Botham
November 24
1846 59. To Ann Botham
December 20
1846 60. To Mary Howitt
November 29
1846 to December 25
1846 61. To Mary Howitt
February 2
1847 62. To Mary Howitt
February 21
1847 to October 7
1847 63. To Mary Harrison and Margaret Ann Harrison
March 20
1847 64. To Ann Botham
March 1847 65. To Ann Botham
April 10
1847 to April 20
1847 66. To Ann Botham
May 23
1847 67. To Ann Botham
June 1847 to July 1847 68. To Mary Howitt
July 23
1847 69. To Mary Howitt and Ann Botham
July 24
1847 70. To Anna Harrison
August 24
1847 71. To Mary Howitt
October 1847 72. To Ann Botham
October 9
1847 73. To Mary Howitt
November 23
1847 74. To Mary Howitt and William Howitt
December 1847 75. To Ann Botham and William Howitt
December 18
1847 Epilogue Cedar Lodge The Aldersons and their Descendants The Harrisons and their Descendants The Howitts and their Descendants Joseph Taylor and Family Appendix 1. Physical and Postal Attributes Appendix 2. Directory of Names Bibliography Index