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Available
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Publication
Northeastern (1985), Paperback, 300 pages
Description
In 1835 Lucy Larcon went to work in the Mills in Massachusetts. Lucy spent ten years working in the mills and during that time she wrote poems and songs about mill life. Her works brought attention to the conditions the mill workers endured. This book is an excellent example of the life of a child in the 19th century.
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LibraryThing member whitewavedarling
Larcom's language is elegant, but in the end I often wanted more specifics of life, and less rhetoric. It read more like an extended essay on the transformation of child to adult, and the beginnings of a writer, as opposed to an autobiography. I enjoyed it well enough, but there wasn't anything
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here to drive me to ever come back to it for any purpose, or pass it on to another reader unless the book could appeal to extremely specific tastes on the other reader's part. Show Less
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Awards
Language
Original publication date
1889
Physical description
300 p.; 5 x 0.75 inches
ISBN
0930350820 / 9780930350826
Local notes
autobiography
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