McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

The Happy boatman : a story for children. Hartford (Conn.) : Oliver D. Cooke, 1820.

Alternative Title:

Story of the happy boatman.

Contributor:

Cooke, Oliver Dudley, 1766-1833 publisher

Publisher:

Oliver D. Cooke, 1820.

Notes:

Cover title: The story of the happy boatman.
First sentence: "A gentleman and lady, walking on the banks of the river Thames, spied a small ferry-boad with a neatly dressed Boatman rowing towards them; on his nearer approach, they read on the stern of his boat, these words, THE HAPPY BOATMAN."
Includes 16 woodcuts.
Citations/References: Shoemaker 1506
Citations/References: Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 483
Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections: orange wrappers.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 11 x 7 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 C6 H3 1820 Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's Collection

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Sponsor:

The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7246

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_C6_H3_1820