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1 online resource (xix, 212 pages) : 1 map |
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Preface -- Introduction -- I. Robert Levers -- 2. Lewis Gordon -- 3. Elias Long -- 4. Henry Geiger -- 5. Michael Ohl -- 6. John Wetzel and John Ettwein -- 7. Elizabeth Kurtz -- 8. Joseph Romig -- 9. Jacob Stroud -- 10. George Taylor -- 11. Phillis -- 12. Mathew and Mary Myler -- 13. Isaac Klinkerfuss -- 14. Henry Legel -- 15. Eve Yoder and Esther Bachman -- Afterword by Michael Zuckerman -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
It is often said that the American Revolution was a conservative revolution, but in many parts of the British colonies the Revolution was anything but conservative. This book follows the Revolution in Pennsylvania's backcountry through the experiences of eighteen men and women who lived in Northampton County during these years of turmoil. Fox's account will startle many readers for whom the Revolution symbolizes the high-minded pursuit of liberty. In 1774, Northampton County was the second largest of Pennsylvania's eleven counties, comprising more than 2,500 square miles, three towns (Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton), and some 15,000 people. When the Revolution broke out, militias took control. Frontier justice replaced the rule of law as zealous patriots preoccupied themselves not with fighting the British but with seizing local political power and persecuting their pacifist neighbors. Sweet Land of Liberty reawakens the Revolution in Northampton County with sketches of men and women caught up in it. Seldom is this story told from the vantage point of common folks, let alone those in the backcountry. In Fox's hands, we see in these individuals an altogether more disturbing Revolution than we have ever reckoned with before |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-207) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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Social aspects.
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Northampton County (Pa.) -- History -- 18th century
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Northampton County (Pa.) -- Biography
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects
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Pennsylvania -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140143
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Pennsylvania -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography
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Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania -- Northampton County.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780271031088 |
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9780271054346 |
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0271054344 |
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0271056096 |
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9780271056098 |
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9780271020624 |
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0271031085 |
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0271020628 |
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