Better Known as Johnny Appleseed


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A story of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, based on the author's life-long study of the beloved American pioneer, missionary, and apple lover.




Leigh Hunt


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Recent critical and scholarly interest in John Keats has encouraged a resurgence of interest in his friend and mentor, the poet and journalist Leigh Hunt. This timely collection of essays by leading British and North America romanticists explores Hunt's life, writings and cultural significance over the full length of his career, arguing for the recognition of Hunt's importance to British intellectual and literary culture in the Romantic period.




Miss Jellytot's Visit


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Envious of the treatment her parents give to their guests, a nine-year-old girl arranges to be




Representations of Hair in Victorian Literature and Culture


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Examining a wide range of historical, artistic, literary, and theoretical works, Galia Ofek shows how changing patterns of power relations between women and patriarchy are rendered anew when viewed through the lens of Victorian hair codes and imagery during the second half of the nineteenth century. Her innovative study reveals the Victorians' well-developed awareness of fetishism and their cognizance of hair's symbolic resonance and commercial value.
















Little Girl with Seven Names


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A little Quaker girl gets twin sisters just in time to give them two of her seven names so that she will not be laughed at when she must recite her full name on the first day of school.