The Quite Contrary Man
Subtitle: a true American tale
By: by Patricia Rusch Hyatt ; illustrated by Kathryn Brown.
Contributors: Brown, Kathryn, 1955- ill.
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780810940659
Subjects: Dissenters -- Fiction; Obstinacy -- Fiction; Beards -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; New England -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: In nineteenth century New England, Joseph Palmer flouts the law against wearing a beard and is accused by his fellow citizens of being unpatriotic and sinful, stubbornly refusing to shave even when he is sent to jail.