Bombast and broadsides : the lives of George Johnstone / Robin F.A. Fabel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fabel, Robin F. A., 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legislators--Great Britain--Biography.

Legislators.

Governors--West Florida--Biography.

Governors.

Great Britain--History--George II, 1727-1760.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Royal Navy--Biography.

Johnstone, George, 1730-1787.

Johnstone, George.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Other Title:

Bombast & broadsides.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, AL : University of Alabama Press, c1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Through research in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Kew, London, Philadelphia, and Washington in largely unpublished manuscripts, together with the use of secondary sources,

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Spine title: Bombast & broadsides.

Includes bibliography: p. [221]-233 and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8278-X

OCLC:

654398435