LEARY, Lewis.

The Book-Peddling Parson.

(Chapel Hill): Algonquin Books, 1984,

First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. xii, 158pp. Algonquin Books, Illustrated. Item #31893

"An account of the life and works of Mason Locke Weems patriot, pitchman, author and purveyor of morality to the citizenry of the early United States of America." Historians have written off Weems as a charlatan responsible for the story of young Washington and the cherry tree, but this biography examines his contributions to the literary culture of the newly created republic. A very fine copy in a fine, clean copy of the dust jacket which is not price clipped.

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