Homes of American authors : comprising anecdotical, personal, and descriptive sketches / by various writers ; illustrated with views of their residences from original drawings and a fac-simile of the manuscript of each author.

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Publication:

New-York, [NY] : G. P. Putnam and Co., M.DCCC.LIII [1853]
©1852

Description:

viii, 366 pages, 19 unnumbered leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations, portraits, facsimiles (part double) ; 22 cm

Notes:
Contributors: Geo. W. Curtis, Henry T. Tuckerman, George Washington Greene, Charles F. Briggs, George S. Hillard, William C. Bryant, G. W. Peck, Rufus W. Griswold, Parke Godwin, Edward E. Hale, Mrs. C. M. Kirkland.--Page vi
Added title page, engraved; part of the illustrations are colored.
Many of these papers were reprinted by G. P. Putnam's sons in 1896 under title Little journeys to the homes of American authors.
John James Audubon -- James K. Paulding -- Washington Irving -- William Cullen Bryant -- George Bancroft -- Richard Henry Dana -- William H. Prescott -- Miss C. M. Sedgwick -- J. Fenimore Cooper -- Edward Everett -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -- William Gilmore Simms -- Henry W. Longfellow -- Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Daniel Webster -- John Pendleton Kennedy -- James Russell Lowell.

Subject:

Authors, American Homes and haunts United States.
Literary landmarks United States.
Écrivains américains Résidences et lieux familiers États-Unis.
Écrivains Résidences et lieux familiers États-Unis.
Authors, American Homes and haunts
Intellectual life
Literary landmarks
United States Intellectual life.
États-Unis Vie intellectuelle.
United States

Form/genre:

Engravings (prints)
Engravings New York (N.Y.) 19th century.

Added entries:

Curtis, George William, 1824-1892.
Tuckerman, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1813-1871.
Greene, George Washington, 1811-1883.
Briggs, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1804-1877.
Hillard, George Stillman, 1808-1879.
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
Peck, George W. (George Washington), 1817-1859.
Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857.
Godwin, Parke, 1816-1904.
Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909.
Kirkland, Caroline M. (Caroline Matilda), 1801-1864.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 190650
Call No.: ID PS141.H6; ID:96-B1746
Status: Available

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