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The spy unmasked; or, Memoirs of Enoch Crosby, alias Harvey Birch, the hero of Mr. Cooper's tale of the neutral ground : being an authentic account of the secret services which he rendered his country during the Revolutionary War (Taken from his own lips, in short-hand) : Comprising many interesting facts and anecdotes, never before published / By H.L. Barnum ; Embellished with engravings.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnum, H. L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crosby, Enoch, 1750-1835.
- Crosby, Enoch.
- Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Spy.
- Cooper, James Fenimore.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Secret service.
- Secret service.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 18-206 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : 4 illustrations, 1 map, 1 portrait ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Memoirs of Enoch Crosby, alias Harvey Birch
- Place of Publication:
- New-York : Printed by J. & J. Harper, 82 Cliff-St. Sold by Collins and Hannay, Collins and Co., and Wm. B. Gilley; Carey, Lea, and Carey, Philadelphia; Hilliard, Gray, and Co., and Richardson and Lord, Boston; and F. Lucas, Jr, Baltimore, 1828.
- Notes:
- Dedicated to James F. Cooper.
- In a letter to Benson John Lossing, dated Aug. 21, 1850, Cooper wrote that he had never seen "the publication of Mr. Barnum" and that he knew "nothing of such a man as Enoch Crosby." Cf. The letters and journals of James Fenimore Cooper, Cambridge, Mass., 1968, v. 6, p. 212. See also McDowell, T. "The identity of Harvey Birch," in American literature, v. 2 (May 1930), p. 111-120.
- Copyright July 10, 1828 by H.L. Barnum.
- With a half-title.
- Publisher's advertisements (2 p.) at end.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has catalog description pasted to the front free endpaper.
- Culture Class Collection copy has three newspaper articles pasted to the back free endpaper and pastedown.
- Cited in:
- Shoemaker, 32220
- Sabin, 3559
- OCLC:
- 187639635
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