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

315 pages first pub 2000 (view editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

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...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...