Peter Parley, Samuel Griswold Goodrich

Peter Parley's Tales About Ancient Rome

With Some Account Of Modern Italy (1833)

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Produktbeschreibung

Peter Parley's Tales About Ancient Rome: With Some Account Of Modern Italy is a book written by Peter Parley in 1833. The book provides an informative and engaging account of the history of Ancient Rome and its influence on modern Italy. The author uses a narrative style to bring to life the stories of famous Roman figures such as Julius Caesar, Augustus, and Nero. The book also includes descriptions of the architecture, art, and culture of Ancient Rome, as well as the geography and customs of modern Italy. Throughout the book, Parley emphasizes the importance of studying history and encourages his readers to learn from the past. The book is suitable for readers of all ages and is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of Rome and Italy.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 315g
• ISBN-13: 9781437078206
• ISBN-10: 1437078206
• Artikelnr.: 25519769

Autorenporträt

Samuel Griswold Goodrich (August 19, 1793 - May 9, 1860) was an American author better known by his pen name Peter Parley. Goodrich was the son of a Congregational pastor and was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Goodrich was mostly self-taught and worked as an assistant at a rural store in Danbury, Connecticut, which he left in 1808, and afterwards in Hartford, Connecticut, until 1811. He worked as a bookseller and publisher in Hartford from 1816 to 1822. From 1823 to 1824, he traveled throughout Europe before relocating to Boston in 1826. He purchased 45 acres (180,000 m2) in adjacent Roxbury in 1833 and built a mansion in what is now Jamaica Plain. There he remained in the publishing business, and from 1828 until 1842 he published The Token, an illustrated annual to which he contributed both prose and lyric. He returned to America and wrote Illustrated Natural History of the Animal Kingdom in 1859. He died in New York and was buried in Southbury, Connecticut, where he had lived briefly.