The Golden Threads: New England's Mill Girls and Magnates, Volume 2Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949 - 325 pages |
Contents
A Portent and a Symbol II Antecedents | 3 |
Lowell Beginnings II | 33 |
Work and Play | 58 |
Copyright | |
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