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A Man Apart

The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774 - 1781

af Harold B. Gill

Bog, Hardback, Engelsk, 2009

The American Revolution radically changed the lives of many, some of them friends of the Revolution, some not, and some who wished to have no part of it for either side. Rarely did one of these reluctant witnesses leave a narrative journal. Nicholas Cresswell, a young English gentry farmer, was one. Arriving in Virginia during the momentous month of May 1774, Cresswell set out to seek his fortune as a farmer in the newer settlements in northwest Virginia. Soon the fortunes of Revolution overwhel... (Læs mere)

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  • SprogEngelsk
  • IndbindingHardback
  • ISBN9780739128473
  • Udgivet16/03/2009
  • Udgivet afLexington Books
  • Længde260 sider
  • ForfatterHarold B. Gill
  • GenreHistorie og samfund