| Description |
xvii, 274 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: Boston : New York : Houghton, Mifflin, 1889. |
| Contents |
Up and down the lane -- Schoolroom and meeting house -- The hymn-book -- Naughty children and fairy tales -- Old New England -- Glimpses of poetry -- Beginning to work -- By the river -- Mountain friends -- Mill-girls' magazines -- Reading and studying -- From the Merrimack to the Mississippi. |
| Summary |
Arriving in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1830s after the death of her shipmaster father, the eleven-year-old Lucy Larcom went to work in a textile mill to help her family make ends meet. Originally published in 1889, her autobiography offers glimpses of the early years of the American factory system as well as of the social influences on her development. It remains an important and illuminating document of the Industrial Revolution and nineteenth-century cultural history. |
| Subject |
Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893 -- Childhood and youth.
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Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893. (OCoLC)fst00013417
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Women textile workers -- Massachusetts -- Lowell -- Biography.
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New England -- Social life and customs.
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Women textile workers. (OCoLC)fst01178623
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Massachusetts -- Lowell.
(OCoLC)fst01204704
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New England. (OCoLC)fst01241913
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| ISBN |
0930350820 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780930350826 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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