Caroline Cowles Richards's Books

The diary of Caroline Cowles Richards, a ten-year-old girl who lived in western New York during the 1850s who records her family and school life, clothing, transportation, and views on women's rights. Includes activities and a timeline related to this era.

This is the diary of a young school-girl from Canandaigua, New York, beginning in 1852 and continuing until 1872. According to Margaret Sangster, who wrote the introduction in 1912, "Her Diary is a faithful record of impressions of that stormy time in which the nation underwent a baptism of fire. The realism of her paragraphs is unsurpassed." This is an exquisite look into the past. The author was ten years old when she began the diary; thus one gets a unique picture, both innocent and honest, of Northern life during the Civil War. The characters, though actual people, are like any found in classic literature. This is a rare opportunity and a wonderful observation of nineteenth century life; altogether a pleasant little book. An every-name index adds to the value of this work.

Reproduction of the original: Village Life in America 1852-1872 by Caroline Cowles Richards

Book's by Caroline Cowles Richards

A Nineteenth-century Schoolgirl

A Nineteenth-century Schoolgirl

Village Life in America

Village Life in America

A Nineteenth-century Schoolgirl

A Nineteenth-century Schoolgirl

Village Life in America 1852-1872

Village Life in America 1852-1872

Village Life in America 1852-1872

Village Life in America 1852-1872

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