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Autore |
O'Flaherty Patrick |
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Titolo |
Scotland's pariah : the life and work of John Pinkerton, 1758-1826 / / Patrick O'Flaherty |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-1988-0 |
1-4426-1987-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cartographers - Scotland |
Historians - Scotland |
Biographies. |
Biography |
Electronic books. |
Scotland Biography |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Youth, 1758-1781 -- 2. Finding His Way, 1782-1789 -- 3. The Great Work, 1790-1797 -- 4. Reviewer and Geographer, 1798-1802 -- 5. Paris Interlude, 1802-1805 -- 6. The Dishonoured Veteran, 1806-1814 -- 7. A Banished Man, 1815-1826. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Scotland's Pariah is the first book to examine the remarkable life of John Pinkerton: antiquarian, poet, forger, cartographer, historian, serial adulterer, bigamist, and religious skeptic. |
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