Coming to Providence: Convent Life Exposed, Great Lectures on Romanism
by [Religion - Anti-Catholicism] Shepherd, Margaret
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- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Marlboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Providence, 1899. First Edition. 4 pages, 12 x 9 1/4 inches, on one folding sheet; thin paper, light chipping at edges. Very Good. A broadside advertising an appearance by Margaret Shepherd, a nativist speaker who passed as an ex-nun, lecturing prolifically on Catholicism and helping fuel nativist sentiment in the years following the publication of her likely fictitious autobiography, My Life in the Convent: Or the Marvellous Personal Experiences of Margaret L. Shepherd (Sister Magdalene Adelaide), Consecrated Penitent of the Arno's Court Convent, Bristol, England (1893). Anti-Catholic sentiment was a fundamental part of nativist organizations during the period, including the KKK, and Shepherd was one of several "ex-nuns" who lectured on the subject.
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- Seller
- Auger Down Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- List1632
- Title
- Coming to Providence: Convent Life Exposed, Great Lectures on Romanism
- Author
- [Religion - Anti-Catholicism] Shepherd, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- 4 pages, 12 x 9 1/4 inches, on one folding sheet; thin paper, light chipping at edges
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Place of Publication
- Providence
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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