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Louis B. Wright (1899–1984)

Author of The Cultural Life of the American Colonies, 1607-1763

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Works by Louis B. Wright

Shakespeare's England (1957) 99 copies
Four Famous Tudor and Stuart Plays (1963) — Editor — 53 copies
The Thirteen Colonies (2014) 26 copies
Shakespeare for Everyman (1964) 22 copies
Of books and men (1976) 11 copies
Royster memorial studies (1976) 2 copies
Advice to a son (1962) 2 copies
Othello 1 copy
Richard III (1959) 1 copy

Associated Works

Hamlet (1603) — Editor, some editions — 32,560 copies
Romeo and Juliet (1599) — Editor, some editions — 28,364 copies
Macbeth (1606) — Editor, some editions — 25,894 copies
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1603) — Editor, some editions — 19,661 copies
Othello (1604) — Editor, some editions — 16,826 copies
King Lear (1608) — Editor, some editions — 14,984 copies
Julius Caesar (1623) — Editor, some editions — 12,336 copies
The Merchant of Venice (1600) — Editor, some editions — 11,340 copies
Twelfth Night (1601) — Editor, some editions — 10,680 copies
Much Ado About Nothing (1598) — Editor, some editions — 10,586 copies
The Taming of the Shrew (1623) — Editor, some editions — 8,655 copies
The Sonnets (1609) — Editor, some editions — 8,597 copies
As You Like It (1599) — Editor, some editions — 7,469 copies
Richard III (1597) — Editor, some editions — 6,177 copies
Henry V (1600) — Editor, some editions — 5,981 copies
Antony and Cleopatra (1623) — Editor, some editions — 5,448 copies
Henry IV, Part 1 (1598) — Editor, some editions — 5,017 copies
The Winter's Tale (1623) — Editor, some editions — 4,737 copies
Measure for Measure (1623) — Editor, some editions — 4,364 copies
All's Well That Ends Well (1623) — Editor, some editions — 2,219 copies
Henry VIII (1612) — Editor, some editions — 1,381 copies
The Duchess of Malfi (1614) — Editor, some editions — 1,156 copies
Henry VI, Part 2 (1594) — Editor, some editions — 951 copies
We Americans (1975) — Contributor — 413 copies
4 Plays: Hamlet; Julius Caesar; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet (1939) — Editor, some editions — 292 copies
Literary history of the United States (1946) — Contributor — 190 copies
This England (1966) 170 copies
America's Historylands: Touring Our Landmarks of Liberty (1962) — Contributor — 151 copies
The History and Present State of Virginia (1705) — Editor, some editions — 83 copies
Book collecting and scholarship : essays — Contributor — 9 copies

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Excellent but brief history of the influence of this single document. Wonderful illustrations tied to United States history.
 
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SusanGrimesGilbert | Feb 25, 2010 |
Discusses the unique and difficult life in America's frontier towns as the frontier expanded westward from colonial Virginia to California and back to Nebraska. Bibliography: p. 248-252.
 
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provinceoftheheart | Jul 21, 2009 |
1732 The Cultural Life of the American Colonies 1607-1763, by Louis B. Wright (read 24 Jul 1982) This is the second volume in the series called The New American Nation Series and was published in 1957. I was not too interested by it but it wasn't bad. The bibliography says "One of the best books on foreign immigration, with a useful bibliography, is Marcus and Hansen's The Atlantic Migration, 1607-1869." Whether I am merely interested because I had forefathers who came during that time (1817 and 1840) I am not sure, though I claim to have a greater interest in why people came than "why my forefathers came."… (more)
 
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