Speculation, or Making haste to be rich : the story of William Wilson, the whistling shoemaker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Fiction.

United States.

History.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Roberts, C. C. (autograph, 1841) (donor)

Chandler, Sarah B. (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Dow, John R. (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Chandler, William P. (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Chandler, S. B. (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

80 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 15 cm

Other Title:

Making haste to be rich

William Wilson, or, The whistling shoemaker

Place of Publication:

Boston ; New York : G.W. Light, 1840.

Notes:

"All the leading incidents of the following narrative are founded on facts which transpired during the Revolutionary War, in the county of Plymouth."--Preface.

Publisher's advertisements: [4] p. at end.

Running title: William Wilson; or, The whistling shoemaker.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy inscribed to Miss Sarah B. Chandler from her affectionate friend John R. Dow, Concord, Feb. 5th 1840.

Culture Class Collection copy presented to Wm. P. Chandler by S.B. Chandler, Concord, Feb. 16th 1841

Cited in:

Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.), 2483

Sabin, 89150

OCLC:

166599643