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Recollections Of A Lifetime: Or Men And Things I Have Seen; In A Series Of Familiar Letters To A Friend; Historical, Biographical, Anecdotical, And De

Recollections Of A Lifetime: Or Men And Things I Have Seen; In A Series Of Familiar Letters To A Friend; Historical, Biographical, Anecdotical, And De

G. Goodrich, Samuel

Paperback

Business BiographiesGeneral United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354507433
ISBN13: 9789354507434
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 570
Weight: 1.82
Height: 1.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step into the drawing rooms and streets of a young republic, guided by one of its most observant voices. A life, told in letters. In Recollections of a Lifetime, Samuel G. Goodrich (the mind behind the Peter Parley books) shapes a 19th century memoir as epistolary autobiography letters to a trusted friend. Publisher, editor, and educator, he watches people at close range and remembers them with a deft moral wit. Volume I opens the exchange and sets the tone: familiar, companionable, and sharply attentive to character. The result is a historical reminiscences anthology, intimate and quick-moving, rich with historical anecdotes and descriptions from private encounters to public scenes. Part biographical sketches collection, part personal record, it captures Victorian era America in the making, with the texture of American social history and the immediacy of lived detail. For readers of classic American autobiographies, these pages offer a candid lens on the antebellum United States and the people who defined it, without the varnish of later legend. For researchers, it stands among the most usable primary sources for historians: names, places, habits, and opinions that can illuminate genealogy and local history as readily as larger cultural shifts. Its letter-by-letter form preserves voice and pace, suiting an evening's reading as well as the collector seeking a period-authentic autobiographical record on the shelf for years. 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.

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