Ebenezer Hazard, Jeremy Belknap and the American Revolution

ISBN-13: 9780367643416 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 246 str.

Russell M. Lawson

Opis

Originally published in 2011, this volume publishes the letters of Jeremy Belknap and Ebenezer Hazard. The letters date from 1779 to 1798, during a time when the US was warring against England, establishing new governments, building a national identity, exploring the hinterland, and refining an American identity in prose and verse.

Spis treści

Prologue: Epistlers of the Revolution. 1 Commencement of a Civil War 2. Melted Majesty 3. Barren as a Pitch-Pine Plain 4. Life of a Cabbage 5. Hurried through Life on Horseback 6. Touch and Go is a Good Pilot 7. War and GREET Brittain 8. Keeping the Belly and Back from Grumbling, and the Kitchen-Fire from Going Out 9. The Mysteries of Lucina 10. Patience and Flannel Epilogue: Let Passion be Restrain’d within thy Soul

O autorze

Russell M. Lawson is Adjunct Professor of History, Northeastern State University, USA.