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1909 O.W. Hutchinson (Bellevue, Ohio), an exquisitely bound volume, 8 x 11 1/8 inches tall x 1 1/4 inches thick full grain embossed leather bound, five raised bands to spine, gilt lettering to front cover, all page edges gilt, inlaid two-tone leather front and rear pastedowns framed by gilt dentelles, silk moire endpapers, neat type script profusely illustrated with tipped-in period photographs, and original family documents and press clippings throughout, signed by the author in period ink on the introduction, [13], 146, [13] pp. plus additional family memorabilia tipped onto blank rear free-endpapers, and laid in at the rear of the volume. Slight to moderate staining, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Slight bumping to the upper tips. Otherwise, in very good condition - clean, bright and unmarked. A seemingly unique work, not listed in OCLC or other indexes. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP41~ [3.5P] A remarkable, apparently unique and uncatalogued 1909 biography and tribute to Louisa Maria (Dole) Hutchinson (1869-1909) of Bellevue, a small town in Huron County in northern Ohio. Written by her grieving husband to memorialize her for his sons, it is a poignant and meticulously written work, combining biography with personal reminiscences with a paean to the woman he loved, who was taken at the age of 39 from him and their two sons. The author, a Methodist minister, Rev. Oliver Wertz Hutchinson (1856-1922), appears to have completed the work on Thursday, November 4, 1909, the day he signed the introduction, just five months after her death. Contents: Introduction; Genealogy; Childhood and Youth; Student and Teacher: Life at the Ohio Wesleyan University; Love and Marriage; Life at Medford: First Year in a Parsonage; Life at Watertown; Life at Cambridge; Life at Leominster; Removal to Holyoke; Translation from Her Girlhood Home to Her Heavenly Home. An incredibly lucid and even vivid portrait of the life of a young wife of a Methodist minister in the Midwest at the turn of the twentieth century. N° de ref. del artículo SP41-0212-11756
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