The Hotel New Hampshire

Book

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.2636

Description

This book is a famous piece of fictional literature by the author and is considered a coming of age story. The story follows a family of seven, and its told through the narrative of the middle child. The story recounts the parents romance, history and then family's present set in the fictional town of Dairy, New Hampshire. The story revovles around a small resort and its various guests and employees. Physical Description: Hardcover, title, added title entry and author's name on front cover. A marron colored book jacket encases the book, the actual hardcover is colored white and grey with the author's name and title on the spine of the book. On the back of the book jacket is a black and white photograph of the author and his cat with a evergreen conifer tree in the background.

Collection

Dan Noel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2010.0001

Source or Donor

Dan Noel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Dan Noel

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Resort cottages, Death, Resorts, Love, Hotel employees, Hotels, Romances, Hotel porters, Mountains

Search Terms

New England (United States : general region), New Hampshire (United States : state), Derry (Rockingham county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Maine (United States : state), homosexuality, New England, New Hampshire

Book Details

Author

Irving, John

Publisher

E.P. Dutton

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

1981

Condition

Notes

01/10/2013- CH - No major blemishes, tears, or damage.