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Historic Ephrata Cloister, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Ephrata, Pennsylvania.


​“The Spirit of the Letter":
Pennsylvania German Calligraphy, Manuscripts, and Popular Piety in Context

Virtual Lecture at Historic Ephrata Cloister - Winter History Class 2021
Thursday, April 1, 2021  |  9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 


​Join Alexander Lawrence Ames for an extended discussion of The Word in the Wilderness: Popular Piety and the Manuscript Arts in Early Pennsylvania as part of Historic Ephrata Cloister's Winter History Class.  For more information, visit ​https://ephratacloister.org/winter-history-class-2021/.  
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Mennonite bookmark from Upper Bucks County, Pennsylvania, ca 1800. Courtesy of The Winterthur Library, Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera, Winterthur, DE. Col. 320, acc. 65x547-548.


​Virtual Author Presentation at the Indian Valley Public Library

Thursday, September 10, 2020, 7 - 8 p.m.
​Free of charge!

Join Alexander Lawrence Ames for a virtual lecture sponsored by the Indian Valley Public Library in Telford, Pennsylvania.  For more details and registration information, visit https://ivpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-author-presentation-alexander-ames/.  If you have any questions, please contact DeAnne O'Brien, Adult Services Librarian, at dobrien@ivpl.org.  
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Attend the virtual book launch for The Word in the Wilderness: Popular Piety and the Manuscript Arts in Early Pennsylvania on Sunday, July 19th at 4:30 p.m.  The free Zoom event is hosted by the Horner Memorial Library of the German Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.  Advance registration is required by emailing gsplibrarian@gmail.com.  Download the e-invitation here for more details.   

A recording of the book launch event is below. 

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Johannes Bard, penmanship sample, "Alphabet Romain," Adams County, Pennsylvania, ca. 1819-1821. Courtesy of the Winterthur Museum.


​Pennsylvania State University Press Virtual Author Panel


​Join PSU Press and the authors and volume editors of four recent books in Early American Studies for a virtual panel on Friday, June 19th at 1pm EST! Panelists will discuss their new books and answer your questions.
 
Our guests are:
Alexander Ames, author of The Word in the Wilderness: Popular Piety and the Manuscript Arts in Early Pennsylvania
Wendy Bellion, author of Iconoclasm in New York: Revolution to Reenactment
Cecile Fromont, editor of Afro-Catholic Festivals in the Americas: Performance, Representation, and the Making of Black Atlantic Tradition
Bethany Wiggin, editor of Babel of the Atlantic
 
Moderated by Kathryn Yahner, PSU Press Acquisitions Editor
 
A recording of the panel is available on PSU Press's Facebook page: ​https://www.facebook.com/PennStateUniversityPress/videos/612536482725084



Image: Matthew Carey, map of Pennsylvania, published in Philadelphia, 1813.  Courtesy, The Rosenbach, Philadelphia. 
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  • About the Book
  • About the Author
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  • Resources for Book Clubs & Discussion Circles
  • Errata