Jonathan Fisher of Blue Hill, Maine
Subtitle: commerce, culture, and community on the Eastern frontier
By: Kevin D. Murphy.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781558497436
Subjects: Fisher, Jonathan, -- 1768-1847; Clergy -- Maine -- Blue Hill -- Biography; Congregationalists -- Maine -- Blue Hill -- Biography; Farmers -- Maine -- Blue Hill -- Biography; Businessmen -- Maine -- Blue Hill -- Biography; Artists -- Maine -- Blue Hill -- Biography; Frontier and pioneer life -- Maine -- Blue Hill; Community life -- Maine -- Blue Hill -- History -- 19th century; Blue Hill (Me.) -- Biography; Blue Hill (Me.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Representation and authority on the Eastern frontier; title: Drawing and building, from Dedham to Blue Hill; title: Domestic production in the Fisher homestead; title: Religious authority on the Eastern frontier; title: Teaching, learning, reading, and self-fashioning; title: Painting Blue Hill; title: Conclusion: Representation and resistance on the Eastern frontier.