Patricia Okker

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Okker, Patricia (2008). Our sister editors : Sarah J. Hale and the tradition of nineteenth-century American women editors. University of Georgia Press. ISBN   978-0-8203-3249-9. OCLC   1200072417. [8]
  • Okker, Patricia (2003). Social stories the magazine novel in nineteenth-century America. University of Virginia Press. ISBN   0-8139-2240-2. OCLC   708292528. [9]
  • Okker, Patricia (2012-06-12). Transnationalism and American Serial Fiction. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-136-64319-4. [10]
  • Honors and awards

    In 2003 Okker received the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence from the University of Missouri. [1]

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    2. Okker, Patricia. "From home to homelessness : images of houses and domesticity in Hawthorne's four romances | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
    3. 1 2 "Patricia Okker named president-elect at New College". Port Charlotte Sun. 2021-04-24. pp. T15. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
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    5. Dillard, Leigh G.; Okker, Patricia; West, Nancy M. (2006). "Teaching Illustrations and Periodicals: Three Scholars Share Their Ideas and Materials". Victorian Periodicals Review. 39 (4): 365–382. ISSN   0709-4698.
    6. Okker, Patricia (2002). "Teaching American Periodicals". American Periodicals. 12: 1–8. ISSN   1054-7479.
    7. Singhania, Lisa (1996-11-29). "Thanksgiving founder remember for contributions to women". The Stuart News. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
    8. Reviews of Our sister editors
    9. Reviews of Social stories the magazine novel in nineteenth-century America
    10. Reviews of Transnationalism and American Serial Fiction
    Patricia Okker
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