Description: MISSIONARY'S DAUGHTER Lucy Thurston Sandwich Islands 1842 ATS Youth's Library POB#44769 TITLE: Missionary's Daughter: A Memoir of Lucy Goodale Thurston of the Sandwich Islands AUTHOR: Lucy Goodale Thurston PUBLISHER: New York: American Tract Society DATE: 1842DESCRIPTION: 219, [3] pages 16 cm CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. Solid page and cover attachment, rubbed corners. Bright spine with a little wear but very visible lettering. Spots on back cover. A few dog ears in the pages. BINDING: Brown cloth, blind tooled covers. Stamped in gilt, titled tail to head "MISSIONARY'S DAUGHTER | 20 | YOUTH'S LIBRARY".EDITION NOTES: Identical to another American Tract Society issue (same setting of type), and differs only in binding (brown rather than grey) and advert section at back. Adverts include [3] page section at back with caption title: "NEW BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG | SQUARE 16MO." .At 24 years old, Lucy Goodale Thurston was Hawaii's first missionary wife, marrying 32 year old Ada Thurston after knowing him for a month. They traveled to Hawaii from New England in the first group of missionaries in 1819. Mrs. Thurston was a well read, educated woman who wrote vibrant descriptions of her experiences on the long voyage and arrival in Hawaii. Her memoirs went through many editions, including an abridged version here that is sized to small hands, intended for a juvenile audience. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog
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Author: Lucy Goodale Thurston
Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: New York
Publisher: American Tract Society
Subject: Exploration & Travel
Topic: Australia, Oceania
Year Printed: 1842
