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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Little Manuel, The Captive Boy: A True Story |
| Date | 1831-1832 |
| Record ID | 232684 |
| Collection Name | Theme Based Selections |
| Reference | CL H712 L778 1831a |
| Theme | Race, Ethnicity and Racism Women in Publishing Crime and Punishment |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's stories Indian captivities African American children Kidnapping Slavery Indians of North America Race relations Women as authors Texas |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Author | Hofland, Mrs Barbara (1770-1844) |
| Publisher | Edmands, Benjamin Franklin (1807-1874) Loring, James (1770-1850) Francis, Charles Stephen (1805-1887) |
| Places | United States; Boston |
| Document Type | Novel |
| Book Type | Relief prints Printed cloth bindings (Binding) Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)--1831 Juvenile literature--1831 Captivity narratives Poems--1831 Publishers' advertisements--Massachusetts--Boston Miniature books (Printing) Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | [5], 8-63, [1] p. : ill. ; 80 mm |
| Additional Notes | By Mrs Hofland |
| Catalog Notes | "The writer of this narrative received the particulars from Mr. Parker, an American artist, of great respectability, who happened to be at Nachitoches soon after the arrival of the poor boy, who had travelled a distance of about five hundred miles; being thirteen days on his miserable journey over an uninhabited country."--To our young readers, p. [3]. Cover title: Edmands's Lilliputian quarto. No. 1. "Press of James Loring."--verso of title page. Benjamin Franklin Edmands published at 24 Court St., Boston in 1831 and 1832. "Also sold by Charles S. Francis, New-York."--foot of back cover. In cloth; colors vary. Includes poem "To a child on his birth-day. By Mrs. Hemans."--p. [64]. "The increasing demand, for those books of a religious cast, which have lately been issued from the press in this form, has induced the publication of this little work,--and it is hoped it will pleased all our young friends in whose hands it may be placed."--Advertisement, back cover. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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