Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hotels
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Last Summer's Mystery at the Frontenac, Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River
Author: Books for Idle Hours
Author: Donna Harrington-LuekerPublisher: UMass + ORM
ISBN: 1613766319
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The publishing phenomenon of summer reading, often focused on novels set in vacation destinations, started in the nineteenth century, as both print culture and tourist culture expanded in the United States. As an emerging middle class increasingly embraced summer leisure as a marker of social status, book publishers sought new market opportunities, authors discovered a growing readership, and more readers indulged in lighter fare. Drawing on publishing records, book reviews, readers' diaries, and popular novels of the period, Donna Harrington-Lueker explores the beginning of summer reading and the backlash against it. Countering fears about the dangers of leisurely reading—especially for young women—publishers framed summer reading not as a disreputable habit but as a respectable pastime and welcome respite. Books for Idle Hours sheds new light on an ongoing seasonal publishing tradition.
A Souvenir of the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River
Author: John A. HaddockPublisher: Alexandria Bay, N.Y. : Weed-Parsons
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Cruising World
Author: A Souvenir
Author: John A. HaddockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saint Lawrence River
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Fore'n'aft
Author: The Index
Author: Digest
Author: Intelligence
Author: Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia
Author: Guy Stanton FordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description