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Mary Penry's letters as edited and introduced by Scott Paul Gordon offer a valuable glimpse into one woman's experiences in early America, but this particular woman's letters illuminate an unexpected and unique range of perspectives on eighteenth-century life. An unmarried woman living in the women's community of a Moravian choir house, Penry engaged for more than half a century with forms of life writing, leaving a fascinating epistolary record of her experiences and beliefs. --Theresa Gaul, editor of Cherokee Sister: The Collected Writings of Catharine Brown, 1818-1823 The letters of Mary Penry provide a unique and insightful perspective on early American history. Scott Gordon has rescued this remarkable female author from obscurity in a volume that should expand the canon of American literature. --Craig Atwood, author of Community of the Cross: Moravian Piety in Colonial Bethlehem A thoroughly astonishing record of a woman's life, work, and thought in the age of the American Revolution. Gordon's careful editing, detailed notes, and engaging introduction bring Mary Penry to life and make it easy to slip into a long-past world. This source adds an essential work to the corpus of women's writings from the eighteenth century. It will be prized by scholars and readers alike for a long time to come. --Katherine Cart Engel, author of Religion and Profit: Moravians in Early America

Mary Penry's letters as edited and introduced by Scott Paul Gordon offer a valuable glimpse into one woman's experiences in early America, but this particular woman's letters illuminate an unexpected and unique range of perspectives on eighteenth-century life. An unmarried woman living in the women's community of a Moravian choir house, Penry engaged for more than half a century with forms of life writing, leaving a fascinating epistolary record of her experiences and beliefs. -Theresa Gaul, editor of Cherokee Sister: The Collected Writings of Catharine Brown, 1818-1823 A thoroughly astonishing record of a woman's life, work, and thought in the age of the American Revolution. Gordon's careful editing, detailed notes, and engaging introduction bring Mary Penry to life and make it easy to slip into a long-past world. This source adds an essential work to the corpus of women's writings from the eighteenth century. It will be prized by scholars and readers alike for a long time to come. -Katherine Carte Engel, author of Religion and Profit: Moravians in Early America The letters of Mary Penry provide a unique and insightful perspective on early American history. Scott Gordon has rescued this remarkable female author from obscurity in a volume that should expand the canon of American literature. -Craig Atwood, author of Community of the Cross: Moravian Piety in Colonial Bethlehem

Mary Penry's letters as edited and introduced by Scott Paul Gordon offer a valuable glimpse into one woman's experiences in early America, but this particular woman's letters illuminate an unexpected and unique range of perspectives on eighteenth-century life. An unmarried woman living in the women's community of a Moravian choir house, Penry engaged for more than half a century with forms of life writing, leaving a fascinating epistolary record of her experiences and beliefs. --Theresa Gaul, editor of Cherokee Sister: The Collected Writings of Catharine Brown, 1818-1823 A thoroughly astonishing record of a woman's life, work, and thought in the age of the American Revolution. Gordon's careful editing, detailed notes, and engaging introduction bring Mary Penry to life and make it easy to slip into a long-past world. This source adds an essential work to the corpus of women's writings from the eighteenth century. It will be prized by scholars and readers alike for a long time to come. --Katherine Cart Engel, author of Religion and Profit: Moravians in Early America The letters of Mary Penry provide a unique and insightful perspective on early American history. Scott Gordon has rescued this remarkable female author from obscurity in a volume that should expand the canon of American literature. --Craig Atwood, author of Community of the Cross: Moravian Piety in Colonial Bethlehem

Mary Penry's letters as edited and introduced by Scott Paul Gordon offer a valuable glimpse into one woman's experiences in early America, but this particular woman's letters illuminate an unexpected and unique range of perspectives on eighteenth-century life. An unmarried woman living in the women's community of a Moravian choir house, Penry engaged for more than half a century with forms of life writing, leaving a fascinating epistolary record of her experiences and beliefs. --Theresa Gaul, editor of Cherokee Sister: The Collected Writings of Catharine Brown, 1818-1823 A thoroughly astonishing record of a woman's life, work, and thought in the age of the American Revolution. Gordon's careful editing, detailed notes, and engaging introduction bring Mary Penry to life and make it easy to slip into a long-past world. This source adds an essential work to the corpus of women's writings from the eighteenth century. It will be prized by scholars and readers alike for a long time to come. --Katherine Cart� Engel, author of Religion and Profit: Moravians in Early America The letters of Mary Penry provide a unique and insightful perspective on early American history. Scott Gordon has rescued this remarkable female author from obscurity in a volume that should expand the canon of American literature. --Craig Atwood, author of Community of the Cross: Moravian Piety in Colonial Bethlehem

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Scott Paul Gordon is Professor of English and Andrew W. Mellon Chair at Lehigh University.

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