02889nam 2200673Ia 450 991077804560332120230331005809.00-8173-8278-X(CKB)1000000000774938(EBL)454542(OCoLC)654398435(SSID)ssj0000113667(PQKBManifestationID)11127942(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113667(PQKBWorkID)10101073(PQKB)10933761(SSID)ssj0000357288(PQKBManifestationID)12151418(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357288(PQKBWorkID)10352564(PQKB)11436006(MiAaPQ)EBC454542(MdBmJHUP)muse9237(Au-PeEL)EBL454542(CaPaEBR)ebr10309874(EXLCZ)99100000000077493820080921d1987 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBombast and broadsides[electronic resource] the lives of George Johnstone /Robin F.A. FabelTuscaloosa, AL University of Alabama Pressc19871 online resource (265 p.)Includes index.Spine title: Bombast & broadsides.0-8173-1192-0 0-8173-0337-5 Includes bibliography: p. [221]-233 and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Johnstone Family Tree; 1. Man of War; 2. ""Emporium of the New World""; 3. The Guerilla of Leadenhall Street; 4. ""Man of Business""; 5. A Philadelphia Story; 6. Gunpowder and Port; 7. The Broad Pendant Wavers; 8. Final Appointments; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index George Johnstone has never received the scholarly attention he fully merits. Historians have assessed him, usually briefly, as governor of West Florida, or as naval commander, or as a member of parliament. Nevertheless, none has considered his important role in East India Company politics, nor, until Bombast and Broadsides, has one synthesized the various roles in which Johnstone was entrusted with high responsibilities. Through research in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Kew, London, Philadelphia, and Washington in largely unpublished manuscripts, together with the use of secondary sources,LegislatorsGreat BritainBiographyGovernorsWest FloridaBiographyGreat BritainHistoryGeorge II, 1727-1760LegislatorsGovernors941.07941.07/3/0924941.0730924941.1072092Fabel Robin F. A.1934-1553455MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778045603321Bombast and broadsides3814000UNINA