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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Broadsides, Ballads &C. Printed In Massachusetts 1639-1800

Broadsides, Ballads &C. Printed In Massachusetts 1639-1800

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General Reference19th Century United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354440061
ISBN13: 9789354440069
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 24 2021
Pages: 518
Weight: 2.62
Height: 1.04 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Small sheets. Vast human dramas. From proclamations and elegies to street songs and celebrations, *Broadsides, Ballads &C. Printed in Massachusetts 1639-1800* gathers the echo of voices that shaped a new society. Moving from seventeenth century Massachusetts through eighteenth century New England, this early american broadsides collection and colonial ballads anthology opens a window onto daily life, faith, politics and popular feeling in colonial New England culture. Compiled as an early american print bibliography focused on massachusetts printing history, it traces early american ballad texts and other ephemera across presses, dates and occasions, aligning closely with the great Evans Early American Imprints tradition. For readers curious about american folk ballad history, it offers a rare, ground-level view of how news, belief and memory travelled on single sheets. For libraries, researchers and family historians, it stands as an indispensable reference for historians and a precise, time-saving research tool for scholars working on New England, the Revolution, or the broader Atlantic world. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, bringing one of the foundational records of early American printing back into the hands of readers, researchers and serious collectors alike.

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