Letters of a Ticonderoga Farmer : : Selections from the Correspondence of William H. Cook and His Wife with Their Son, Joseph Cook, 1851–1885 / / ed. by Frederick G. Bascom.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• HerausgeberIn: Bascom, Frederick G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (148 p.)

William H. Cook, of the village of Ticonderoga, exemplified the strong, high-minded farmer of the nineteenth century. Devoted to his only son, Joseph, William's one consuming desire was to see that this boy should have an education with the best. Although it meant years of financial sacrifices...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• CHAPTER I. As the Twig Is Bent
• CHAPTER II. Andover in the Fifties
• CHAPTER III. Yale in the Fifties
• CHAPTER IV. War Times
• CHAPTER V. Adirondack Murray
• CHAPTER VI. On the Downward Slope
• CHAPTER VII. The Monday Lecturer
• CHAPTER VIII. The Rising and the Setting Sun