The Story of A: The Alphabetization of America from The New England Primer to The Scarlet Letter by Patricia Crain

The Story of A: The Alphabetization of America from The New England Primer to The Scarlet Letter

Patricia Crain

336 pages • first pub 2000 (view editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Richly illustrated with often antic images from alphabet books and primers, The Story of A relates the history of the alphabet as a genre of text for children and of alphabetization as a social practice in America, from early modern reading primer...

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