Arthur Pierce

Smuggler's Woods

Jaunts and Journeys in Colonial and Revolutionary New Jersey

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tells the vivid story of smugglers turned privateers after the Revolutionary War broke out. Arthur Pierce recounts from many sources tales of ships and men who fought and, although outnumbered and outgunned, still played havoc with British shipping. He tells also of the profiteering that went hand in hand with the privateering of the war years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1964
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 140mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780813504445
• ISBN-10: 0813504449
• Artikelnr.: 21486041

Autorenporträt

Pierce, Arthur

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 Smugglers' Woods
2 Privateering- and Adventure
3 Privateering- and Profiteering
4 Wistarberg: A New Look
5 Tea Time at Greenwich
6 "Cohansie": A Love Story
7 Cradles of Revolt: The Taverns
8 The Taverns Go to War
9 Salt of the Sea
10 The Murder of Joshua Huddy
11 "George, Be King!"
Appendix A: A Tavern Guide for Colonial Touridsts
Text References
Manuscript Sources
Bibliography
Index