Long before Americans were imbued with the sense of a national past, local antiquarians and amateur historians wrote about the people, places, and happenings that were closest to their hearts, creating in the process a historical record of incalculable value. This gold mine of information and commentary is often overlooked by today's scholars. Russo's book puts us in touch with the historical consciousness of the American people and the once-paramount concern for the particular, the concrete, and the familiar.
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Long before Americans were imbued with the sense of a national past, local antiquarians and amateur historians wrote about the people, places, and happenings that were closest to their hearts, creating in the process a historical record of incalculable value. This gold mine of information and commentary is often overlooked by today's scholars. Russo's book puts us in touch with the historical consciousness of the American people and the once-paramount concern for the particular, the concrete, and the familiar.
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Add this copy of Keepers of Our Past: Local Historical Writing in the to cart. $42.00, very good condition, Sold by Erika Wallington rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pawtucket, RI, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Greenwood Press.
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Very Good. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. With a bibliography and index. xiii, 281 pages. 8vo. Hardcover, bound in red cloth. Bookplate on front pastedown. Brief gift inscription on the title page, signed "David" (the author? ) Otherwise clean and unmarked. Very Good.
Add this copy of Keepers of Our Past: Local Historical Writing in the to cart. $50.00, good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Greenwood Press.
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Good. Size: 6x0x9; Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth. Gilt lettering. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Scattered marginalia. xiii, 281 pages; 23 cm.
Add this copy of Keepers of Our Past: Local Historical Writing in the to cart. $54.41, like new condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1988 by Praeger.
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Fine. Unused, some outer pages have minor shelf wear, otherwise the book is in like new condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 298 p. Bio-Bibliographies in Music, 129.
Add this copy of Keepers of Our Past: Local Historical Writing in the to cart. $101.99, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 1988 by Greenwood Press.
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