The diary of Horace C. Lee, 1841-1842: (Part 1).(Critical essay)

From: Early American Studies | Date: March 22, 2008| Author: Farmer, Patrick Gregory | Copyright information

In the diary of Horace C. Lee, 1841-42, a young dry goods clerk in Springfield, Massachusetts, explores both his own emerging ideals as he grows into adulthood and also the complex gender, religious, social, and economic dynamics of a midsize New England town as it develops into a city. (1) The sixteen and a half months recorded by Lee in this diary are for him a unique period of transition between childhood and adulthood. His journal therefore provides an intimate, first-person ac...

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