Van Rensselaer, John King, Mrs.

cardlady22

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I've had the Kessinger reprint (ISBN: 0766185893) in my Amazon cart for over a year now. I'd be very interested in hearing more about it if someone owns it.
 

Annabelle

I don't have it in hand yet, but I've got a copy on its way to me from Amazon.

I ran across a reference to this book last night, in another book I was reading. I confess, I'd not heard of Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer before, but through Google searching I'm discovering that she seems to have been quite a character.

Anyway, when the book arrives, I'll post a follow up in this thread.
 

Annabelle

My copy arrived in today's mail.

While I have not yet had a chance to dive in and start reading, I do have 2 initial observations: 1) this is quite the hefty read! in other words, it's longer than I expected and seems quite detailed and 2) it is a photographic reproduction of the original book, and as such, contains some rather "muddy" text/printing in places. Thus, reading it feels as much like deciphering a historical artifact as it does like reading a book.