Book Description
A rare memoir from the early eighteenth century by an Englishman who traveled to the New World as an indentured servant.
Author : Susan E. Klepp
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 19,5 MB
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780271041131
A rare memoir from the early eighteenth century by an Englishman who traveled to the New World as an indentured servant.
Author : Susan E. Klepp
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 31,49 MB
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780271047133
Author : Samuel Johnson
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Page : 752 pages
File Size : 23,42 MB
Release : 1818
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Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 38,14 MB
Release : 1818
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Author : Samuel Johnson
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Page : 1086 pages
File Size : 44,78 MB
Release : 1818
Category : English language
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Author : Frederick Thomas Elworthy
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Page : 506 pages
File Size : 43,50 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Charms
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Author : Robert Masters Theobald
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Page : 518 pages
File Size : 32,15 MB
Release : 1901
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Author : William Moraley
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 34,26 MB
Release : 1743
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Page : 688 pages
File Size : 41,88 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Electronic journals
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Author : Jessica Warner
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,66 MB
Release : 2011-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1551995751
In 1776 and 1777, during the American Revolution, a young Scot known only as John the Painter took his war to England by committing acts of terror in the dockyards of the mighty British navy. This is the first full-length biography of that brilliant but disturbed young man. His story offers chilling parallels to the present – and insights into why certain young men are driven to commit unspeakable crimes. Warner has written a book of history that reads like a picaresque novel, but always with a modern twist. Its hero travels to France and receives the blessing of the American envoy there. King George III offers a reward for his capture. Bow Street Runners are sent out inpursuit. Newspapers print sensational stories. A bill to suspend habeas corpus is rushed through Parliament and American privateers – the unlawful combatants of their day – are held without being charged. The Incendiary takes readers on a fascinating journey from Europe to colonial America and finally to the gallows at Portsmouth. In this atmospheric and deftly researched tale of a young man who tried to bring down a superpower, Warner has crafted a popular history with contemporary implications.