The Peterkin Papers
by Lucretia P. Hale
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
A humorous story about a silly family and their adventures. They meet a lady from Philadelphia that fixes the problems.
8 1/2" x 6" wear on cover, foxing, text block detaching from spine.
Synopsis
LUCRETIA P. HALE (1820-1900) is best known as the author of a series of stories about a family named Peterkin, the first of which appeared in 1867 in the magazine Our Young Folks (later St. Nicholas Magazine ). The series continued for nine years, and made the Peterkins a household name. In addition to writing, Hale helped her brother Edward edit the Old and New Magazine from 1870 to 1875. She was concerned with education and in 1874 was one of the first six women elected to the Boston School Committee, where she served two terms. Her last book, The New Harry and Lucy, appeared in 1892.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eclectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26015513
- Title
- The Peterkin Papers
- Author
- Lucretia P. Hale
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- humor, families, fiction
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....