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Mary Ann Bryan Mason's Literary Milestone: A Wreath from the Woods of Carolina

Record #:
19494
Author(s):
York, Maurice C.
Abstract:
A Wreath from the Woods of Carolina, written by Mary Ann Bryan Mason in 1859, was the first children's book written by a North Carolina. The book exemplifies the American juvenile literature of the antebellum period and utilized beautiful chromolithographs of native wildflowers to amaze its readers.
Source:
North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 15, 2006, p18-23, f
Subject(s):
Literature--North Carolina; Mason, Mary Ann Bryan, 1801-1882