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A man apart : the journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1781 / edited and with an introduction by Harold B. Gill, Jr. and George M. Curtis, III.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gill, Harold B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- United States.
- United States--Social life and customs--1775-1783.
- Cresswell, Nicholas, 1750-1804--Travel--United States.
- Cresswell, Nicholas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (260 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From 1774 until mid-1777, Nicholas Cresswell, a young English farmer bent on starting a new life in northwestern Virginia, kept a journal that serves as a distinctive window into the turbulent politics of the American Revolution. This modern edition is unexpurgated and fully annotated with an introduction that provides a detailed historical context for the work.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 To Risk the American World. March 1, 1774 to April 30, 1775; 2 In the West. April 30, 1775 to November 9, 1775; 3 Trapped by Revolution. November 9, 1775 to September 30, 1776; 4 Retreat from the Future. September 30, 1776 to April 21, 1781; Afterword; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 6, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-21912-5
- 0-7391-2847-7
- 1-4616-3283-8
- OCLC:
- 850168320
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