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In Books and Religious Devotion, Allan Westphall presents a study
of the book-collecting habits and annotation practices of Thomas
Connary, an Irish immigrant farmer who lived in New Hampshire in
the latter half of the nineteenth century. Connary led a pious life
that revolved around the use, annotation, and sharing of religious
books. His surviving annotated volumes provide a revealing glimpse
into the utility of books for a common reader-and they show how one
remarkable, eccentric reader turned religious books into near
icons. Through a careful excavation of book adaptations and
enhancements, Westphall gives us insight into the range of
opportunities provided by the material book for recording and
communicating Connary's religious fervor. The study also
investigates the broader nineteenth-century cultural setting, in
which books are seen as testimonies of personal faith and come to
function as instruments of social interaction in both domestic and
public spheres. Underlying Connary's many and varied interactions
with books is his belief that working in books, as physical
objects, can be a devout exercise instrumental in human salvation.
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