{"product_id":"to-raise-myself-a-little-the-diaries-and-letters-of-jennie-a-georgia-teacher-paperback","title":"To Raise Myself a Little: The Diaries and Letters of Jennie, a Georgia Teacher - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmelia Akehurst Lines\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThomas G. Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmelia Akehurst Lines's diaries and letters provide an extraordinarily rich record of the attitudes and values of an \"average\" American woman of the mid-nineteenth century. Lines was a young New York schoolteacher whose ambition drove her to seek new opportunities in rural Georgia. Her letters and diary entries provide keen observations on Georgia society and yield a great deal of information concerning the family, child-rearing, and other facets of everyday life in both the North and the South. Lines's life, says historian Thomas Dyer in his introduction, is testimony to the mythical quality of the nineteenth century's conventional wisdom that hard work, piety, and personal commitment were all that was needed to reap the promise of American life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHOMAS G. DYER (1943-2013) was University Professor Emeritus and Vice President for Instruction Emeritus at the University of Georgia. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eSecret Yankees: The Union Circle in Confederate Atlanta\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe University of Georgia: A Bicentennial History, 1785-1985\u003c\/i\u003e (Georgia).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44498648170631,"sku":"9780820339368","price":59.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/DBArj6cwmU9780820339368.webp?v=1776574221","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/to-raise-myself-a-little-the-diaries-and-letters-of-jennie-a-georgia-teacher-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}