Download or read book The Pilgrim and the Bee written by Matthew P. Brown and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2007-07-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Pilgrim and the Bee makes a broad claim about a reading-centered history, reclaiming for this purpose a distinctive body of texts. Brown's analysis marks an important step toward a better history of reading."—David D. Hall, Harvard University