Wright, Louis B. (Louis Booker) 1899-1984

Overview

Works:	494 works in 2,054 publications in 4 languages and 62,058 library holdings
Genres:	Drama History Tragedies (Drama) Criticism, interpretation, etc Juvenile works Illustrated works Pictorial works Fiction Festschriften Diaries
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other, Contributor, Author of introduction, Composer, Speaker, wpr
Classifications:	PR2829.A2, 822.33

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Louis B Wright

Louis B. Wright; a bibliography and an appreciation by Louis B Wright( Book )
Barefoot in Arcadia : memories of a more innocent era by Louis Booker Wright( Book )
Life on the American frontier by Louis B Wright( Book )
Of books and men by Louis Booker Wright( Book )
The tenth Cosmos Club award: Louis Booker Wright by Louis B Wright( Book )

The tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare( Book )
Life in a relatively innocent era by Louis B Wright( Book )
Louis B. Wright : a bibliography and appreciation by Folger Shakespeare Library( Book )
Book reviews of Malone's book Jefferson the President : first term, 1801-1805. Volume IV, Jefferson & his time by Dumas Malone( )
Wright, Louis Booker. historian, library director( )
William Huse Dunham, Jr. papers by William Huse Dunham( )
Norman Wait Harris Memorial Foundation lectures by Norman Wait Harris( )
Brenda Putnam Papers by Brenda Putnam( )
by Henry Allen Moe( )
Papers by Maude Howlett Woodfin( )
Norman Wait Harris lecture series by Norman Wait Harris( )
The first gentlemen of Virginia; intellectual qualities of the early colonial ruling class by Louis Booker Wright( Book )
by Brenda Putnam( )

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Most widely held works by Louis B Wright

The cultural life of the American Colonies, 1607-1763. by Louis Booker Wright( Book )

77 editions published between 1954 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,034 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Summarizes the development of intellectual life in such areas as religion, literature, education, and social thought in the first 150 years of the American colonies

The American heritage history of the Thirteen Colonies by Louis B Wright( Book )

8 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 2,133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Illustrated history of contemporary events and conditions in America, from 1492 to 1776

The colonial search for a southern Eden by Louis B Wright( )

17 editions published between 1953 and 2011 in English and held by 1,859 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

European imperialists began to dream of other kinds of wealth besides gold in the New World Louis Booker Wright was a graduate of Wofford College, and was at various times a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow and a Benjamin Franklin Medalist, and he held honorary degrees from, among others, Princeton, Tulane, and California State University-Fulerton. He was the author of a number of books, including The Atlantic Frontier: Colonial American Civilization 1607-1763, Gold, Glory, and the Gospel: the Adventurous Lives of the Renaissance Explorers, Culture on the Mov

The Renaissance : maker of modern man by National Geographic Society (U.S.)( Book )

1 edition published in 1970 in English and held by 1,674 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A beautifully illustrated treatment of the period and its famous art

The Arts in America : the colonial period by Louis B Wright( Book )

22 editions published between 1966 and 1975 in English and held by 1,662 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From wilderness to Republic: 1607-1787, by L.B. Wright-Architecture, by G.B. Tatum-Painting, by J.W. McCoubrey-The decorative arts, by R.C. Smith-Bibliography (p. 353-357)

Middle-class culture in Elizabethan England by Louis B Wright( Book )

65 editions published between 1935 and 1980 in 3 languages and held by 1,599 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Enough of royalty and nobles! How did the average British person live during the reign of Elizabeth I? What did they read, how were they instructed; what did they know of science, the theatre?

The Atlantic frontier : colonial American civilization, 1607-1763 by Louis Booker Wright( Book )

74 editions published between 1947 and 1983 in English and held by 1,579 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The historie of travell into Virginia Britania (1612) by William Strachey( )

23 editions published between 1953 and 2017 in English and held by 1,465 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Culture on the moving frontier by Louis Booker Wright( Book )

27 editions published between 1955 and 1970 in English and held by 1,365 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Lectures delivered on the Pattern Foundation at Indiana University in the spring of 1953." Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 243-255)

A voyage to Virginia in 1609; two narratives: Strachey's "True reportory" and Jourdain's Discovery of the Bermudas by Louis B Wright( )

10 editions published between 1964 and 2013 in English and held by 1,320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shakespeare's England : illustrated with paintings, drawings, and engravings of the period by Louis B Wright( Book )

15 editions published between 1964 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,213 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Describes the life and times of the England of Queen Elizabeth I and Shakespeare

South Carolina : a bicentennial history by Louis B Wright( Book )

5 editions published in 1976 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,064 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Traces the history and development of South Carolina and discusses the state and its people

Gold, glory, and the gospel : the adventurous lives and times of the Renaissance explorers by Louis B Wright( Book )

8 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 1,029 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A lively, colorful account of the adventures of Spanish, Portuguese, and English explorers emphasizes their diverse and seemingly contradictory motives

The history and present state of Virginia by Robert Beverley( Book )

14 editions published in 1947 in English and held by 949 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The secret diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712 by William Byrd( Book )

16 editions published between 1941 and 1972 in English and held by 921 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A transcription from the original shorthand of the first part of Byrds̓ diary now in the Henry E. Huntington Library. Parts covering the period from December 13, 1717, to May 19, 1721, and from August 10, 1739, to August 31, 1741, are located in the Virginia Historical Society and the University of North Carolina Library respectively. cf. Introd

Life and letters in Tudor and Stuart England by Louis B Wright( Book )

13 editions published in 1962 in English and held by 899 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Essays on various aspects of the culture of Shakespeare's England

The first gentlemen of Virginia; intellectual qualities of the early colonial ruling class by Louis Booker Wright( Book )

42 editions published between 1940 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 881 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Everyday life in colonial America, by Louis B Wright( Book )

20 editions published between 1965 and 1971 in English and Undetermined and held by 857 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The book covers the living conditions during the Colonial period, and discusses the way of life on farms, religions, sports and pastimes, careers and the military events of the era. Illustrated with photos

Religion and empire; the alliance between piety and commerce in English expansion, 1558-1625 by Louis B Wright( Book )

28 editions published between 1943 and 2017 in English and held by 823 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The dream of prosperity in Colonial America by Louis B Wright( Book )

12 editions published between 1965 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 815 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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