{"product_id":"the-letters-of-mary-penry-a-single-moravian-woman-in-early-america-pietist-moravian-and-anabaptist-studies-4-9780271081083","title":"The Letters of Mary Penry A Single Moravian Woman","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of letters by Mary Penry (1735–1804), who immigrated to America from Wales and lived in Moravian communities for more than forty years. Offers a sustained view of the spiritual and social life of a single woman in early America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A thoroughly astonishing record of a woman’s life, work, and thought in the age of the American Revolution. Gordon’s careful editing, detailed notes, and engaging introduction bring Mary Penry to life and make it easy to slip into a long-past world. This source adds an essential work to the corpus of women’s writings from the eighteenth century. It will be prized by scholars and readers alike for a long time to come.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Katherine Carté,author of \u003ci\u003eReligion and Profit: Moravians in Early America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mary Penry’s letters as edited and introduced by Scott Paul Gordon offer a valuable glimpse into one woman’s experiences in early America, but this particular woman’s letters illuminate an unexpected and unique range of perspectives on eighteenth-century life. An unmarried woman living in the women’s community of a Moravian choir house, Penry engaged for more than half a century with forms of life writing, leaving a fascinating epistolary record of her experiences and beliefs.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Theresa Gaul,editor of \u003ci\u003eCherokee Sister: The Collected Writings of Catharine Brown, 1818\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e–\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e1823\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The letters of Mary Penry provide a unique and insightful perspective on early American history. Scott Gordon has rescued this remarkable female author from obscurity in a volume that should expand the canon of American literature.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Craig Atwood,author of \u003ci\u003eCommunity of the Cross: Moravian Piety in Colonial Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Scott Paul Gordon has done early American historians an enormous favor in providing a meticulously transcribed and annotated edition of the letters of Mary Penry (1735–1804).”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Susan Klepp \u003ci\u003ePennsylvania History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mediated through Gordon’s meticulous editing and archival work, \u003ci\u003eThe Letters of Mary Penry \u003c\/i\u003esuccessfully contributes to both our expanding understanding of female experiences in early America and our understanding of the emergence of evangelical spirituality in a way that complements studies focused on other contexts, such as New England.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Jared S. Burkholder \u003ci\u003eJournal of Moravian History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgmentsGenealogical ChartsEditorial NoteAbbreviationsIntroductionLettersAppendix A: Mary Penry’s MemoirAppendix B: Mary Attwood’s MemoirAppendix C: The Stocker and Drinker Families Appendix D: Business Correspondence 275BibliographyIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400800477527,"sku":"9780271081083","price":63.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271081083.jpg?v=1730471611","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-letters-of-mary-penry-a-single-moravian-woman-in-early-america-pietist-moravian-and-anabaptist-studies-4-9780271081083","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}