Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake, 1805

Name/Title

Diary of an Early American Boy: Noah Blake, 1805

Entry/Object ID

2007.014.8

Description

This reprint of an actual early 19th-century diary provides today's readers with an engaging rarity: a fifteen-year old farm boy's brief, concise notebook and author Eric Sloane's delightful drawings and explanatory narrative of the daily entries. A bygone era, preserved in its simplicity, is revealed in text that tells of life on a New England farm and such common tasks as nail-making, bridge-building, shingle-splitting, and spring plowing. 72 illustrations. xiii, 108 p. illus., diagrs., facsims; 21 cm.; softcover

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2007.014.

Source or Donor

Mr. Martin N. Murphy

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Martin N. Murphy

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

United States local history, Agriculture, Country life, Farm life--New England, Farm equipment--New England, New England--Social life and customs, Rural youth--New England--Diaries

Book Details

Author

Sloane, Eric

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Place Published

Location

New York, NY

Date Published

1965

Call No.

F4 .S55 1965

ISBN

034524385295

LCCN

62018313

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Location

Shelf

Hall Bookshelf

Building

NRH Research Room

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Category

Permanent

Location

Building

NR Docent Library

Category

Permanent

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 14, 2007

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

April 5, 2023