Books and Religious Devotion: The Redemptive Reading of an Irishman in Nineteenth-Century New England

by Allan F. Westphall

Book Overview

Examines the book collection of Thomas Connary, a nineteenth-century Irish Catholic New England farmer, to reconstruct how Connary read and annotated his books. Reveals how books can structure a life of devotion and social participation, and presents an authentic, holistic view of one reader's interior life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271064056
• ISBN13: 9780271064055
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"