| The Diary of Thomas Turner 1754-1765 Contributor(s): Turner, Thomas (Author), Vaisey, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0192818996 ISBN-13: 9780192818997 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $10.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1985 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 85004936 |
| Lexile Measure: 1190 |
| Physical Information: 426 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the tradition of Pepys, Evelyn and Woodforde, thomas Turner 1729-1793 spent eleven years of his life recording the detailed minutiae of everyday village life in preindustrial England. A hardworking shopkeeper, he occupied a key position in East Hoathly, Sussex where he also served as undertaker, schoolmaster, and overseer to the poor. His massive journal--a third of which appears here--attests to his rightful place as an indispensable English diarist. |