"A New England Girlhood", by Lucy Larcom (book discussion)
This thread is dedicated to a discussion of the book "A New England Girlhood" by Lucy Larcom, first published in 1889. This book is available as a free download at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2293/2293-h/2293-h.html..
The book is divided into 11 chapters of about equal length. This makes for an obvious and convenient schedule of one chapter (about 10 pages or so) per week. The first week's reading consists of the Preface and Chapter I ("Up and Down the Lane").
For those wishing for some background information, I have located the following on-line references:
"Proud to Be a Mill Girl", American Heritage, v 62, #1 (Spring 2012)
http://www.americanheritage.com/content/proud-be-mill-girl
Lucy Larcom biography at National Women's History Museum web site
http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/lucy-larcom/
"Children of the Young Republic", American Heritage, April 1960
http://www.americanheritage.com/content/children-young-republic
Should someone wish to join or comment after the discussions have started, you are certainly welcome to do so. We would urge you to procure a copy of the book (free download) and catch up on the readings to that point and then continue with us the rest of the way.
The book should be an interesting look at childhood in the early American republic as well as the experience of one of the mill girls of Lowell, Massachusetts.
This thread is dedicated to a discussion of the book "A New England Girlhood" by Lucy Larcom, first published in 1889. This book is available as a free download at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2293/2293-h/2293-h.html..
The book is divided into 11 chapters of about equal length. This makes for an obvious and convenient schedule of one chapter (about 10 pages or so) per week. The first week's reading consists of the Preface and Chapter I ("Up and Down the Lane").
For those wishing for some background information, I have located the following on-line references:
"Proud to Be a Mill Girl", American Heritage, v 62, #1 (Spring 2012)
http://www.americanheritage.com/content/proud-be-mill-girl
Lucy Larcom biography at National Women's History Museum web site
http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/lucy-larcom/
"Children of the Young Republic", American Heritage, April 1960
http://www.americanheritage.com/content/children-young-republic
Should someone wish to join or comment after the discussions have started, you are certainly welcome to do so. We would urge you to procure a copy of the book (free download) and catch up on the readings to that point and then continue with us the rest of the way.
The book should be an interesting look at childhood in the early American republic as well as the experience of one of the mill girls of Lowell, Massachusetts.