Letters from Nineteenth-century Children to Robert Merry's Museum Magazine

• Author(s): Pat Pflieger,
• Publisher: Mellen Press
• Pages: 663
• ISBN_10: 0773475052
  ISBN_13: 9780773475052
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Collections / Letters , Reference / General ,

Description:... Published from 1841 to 1872, Robert Merry's Museum was the premiere American children's magazine of its time, and the first American periodical for children to publish letters from its subscribers. Here is the growing pre-War sectionalism, the Civil War and its aftermath, attitudes toward minorities and public figures, women's rights, and major events.