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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790567003321

Autore

Gill Harold B

Titolo

A man apart [[electronic resource]] : the journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1781 / / edited and with an introduction by Harold B. Gill, Jr. and George M. Curtis, III

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2009

ISBN

0-7391-2847-7

1-4616-3283-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CurtisGeorge M. <1935->

Disciplina

973.3

Soggetti

United States Description and travel Early works to 1800

United States Social life and customs 1775-1783

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 To Risk the American World. March 1, 1774 to April 30, 1775; 2 In the West. April 30, 1775 to November 9, 1775; 3 Trapped by Revolution. November 9, 1775 to September 30, 1776; 4 Retreat from the Future. September 30, 1776 to April 21, 1781; Afterword; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

From 1774 until mid-1777, Nicholas Cresswell, a young English farmer bent on starting a new life in northwestern Virginia, kept a journal that serves as a distinctive window into the turbulent politics of the American Revolution. This modern edition is unexpurgated and fully annotated with an introduction that provides a detailed historical context for the work.