Author: John Pendleton Kennedy
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ISBN: 9781418124625
Category :
Languages : en
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Horse-Shoe Robinson. A Tale of the Tory Ascendency. by J. P. Kennedy
Author: John Pendleton Kennedy
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ISBN: 9781418124625
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781418124625
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Horse-shoe Robinson a Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John P. Kennedy
Author: John Pendleton Kennedy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Blood on the Moon
Author: Edward Steers
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813191515
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Blood on the Moon examines the evidence, myths, and lies surrounding the political assassination that dramatically altered the course of American history. Was John Wilkes Booth a crazed loner acting out of revenge, or was he the key player in a wide conspiracy aimed at removing the one man who had crushed the Confederacy's dream of independence? Edward Steers Jr. crafts an intimate, engaging narrative of the events leading to Lincoln's death and the political, judicial, and cultural aftermaths of his assassination.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813191515
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Blood on the Moon examines the evidence, myths, and lies surrounding the political assassination that dramatically altered the course of American history. Was John Wilkes Booth a crazed loner acting out of revenge, or was he the key player in a wide conspiracy aimed at removing the one man who had crushed the Confederacy's dream of independence? Edward Steers Jr. crafts an intimate, engaging narrative of the events leading to Lincoln's death and the political, judicial, and cultural aftermaths of his assassination.
Horse-Shoe Robinson
Author: John Kennedy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781541096615
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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"Mr. Kennedy has acquitted himself with great credit, and acquired permanent reputation, in sundry departments of literature - the biography, the satire, the descriptive narrative and the novel. His 'Life of Wirt' takes rank among the best of the American biographies....As a novelist the reputation of the author rests wholly upon 'Horse-Shoe Robinson.' This romance was originally published in 1835, and at once took firm hold upon the public fancy....At that time, the events of the revolution had bee little used in works of fiction. 'The Spy,' and 'Lionel Lincoln,' of Mr. Cooper, and one or more novels, by writers of less note, constituted, in that early day, the body of our romantic literature, founded upon events of the revolutionary period; and just enough had been done, in this field, to whet the popular appetite, and to indicate the excellent uses to which our struggle for independence might be put. 'Horse-Shoe Robinson' strengthened the popular faith to this effect....His merits lie in portraiture of character, and, especially, in a happy perception of the piquant and the humorous....The true attraction of the work lies wholly in the character of 'Horse-Shoe Robinson.' This is a faithful portrait of a frank, shrewd, generous, high-spirited backwoodsman; rough and untutored but warm and kindly; unlearned in books, but of admirable mother wit; quick in expedients, fertile in resource; of large experience; and of that buoyant nature which never knows how to succumb to misfortune, and so laughs under the pressure of fate as to take from it most of its sour aspects....He is one of our favorites, whom we hold in great respect as an author, and in great regard as a man. His book we cordially commend, as truthful in its spirit, and lively and attractive in its interest." -The Southern Quarterly Review
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781541096615
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
"Mr. Kennedy has acquitted himself with great credit, and acquired permanent reputation, in sundry departments of literature - the biography, the satire, the descriptive narrative and the novel. His 'Life of Wirt' takes rank among the best of the American biographies....As a novelist the reputation of the author rests wholly upon 'Horse-Shoe Robinson.' This romance was originally published in 1835, and at once took firm hold upon the public fancy....At that time, the events of the revolution had bee little used in works of fiction. 'The Spy,' and 'Lionel Lincoln,' of Mr. Cooper, and one or more novels, by writers of less note, constituted, in that early day, the body of our romantic literature, founded upon events of the revolutionary period; and just enough had been done, in this field, to whet the popular appetite, and to indicate the excellent uses to which our struggle for independence might be put. 'Horse-Shoe Robinson' strengthened the popular faith to this effect....His merits lie in portraiture of character, and, especially, in a happy perception of the piquant and the humorous....The true attraction of the work lies wholly in the character of 'Horse-Shoe Robinson.' This is a faithful portrait of a frank, shrewd, generous, high-spirited backwoodsman; rough and untutored but warm and kindly; unlearned in books, but of admirable mother wit; quick in expedients, fertile in resource; of large experience; and of that buoyant nature which never knows how to succumb to misfortune, and so laughs under the pressure of fate as to take from it most of its sour aspects....He is one of our favorites, whom we hold in great respect as an author, and in great regard as a man. His book we cordially commend, as truthful in its spirit, and lively and attractive in its interest." -The Southern Quarterly Review
A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians
Author: Lucian Lamar Knight
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Horse-shoe Robinson [by J.P. Kennedy].
Author: John Pendleton Kennedy
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ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
My Neck of the Woods
Author: J. D. Lewis
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806351454
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Trans-Allegheny Pioneers is, without a doubt, one of the most celebrated accounts of life on the Virginia frontier ever written. The author's focal point is the region of the New River-Kanawha in present-day Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. This is essential reading for anyone interested in frontier history or the genealogies of mid-18th century families who resided in the Valley of Virginia.
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806351454
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Trans-Allegheny Pioneers is, without a doubt, one of the most celebrated accounts of life on the Virginia frontier ever written. The author's focal point is the region of the New River-Kanawha in present-day Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. This is essential reading for anyone interested in frontier history or the genealogies of mid-18th century families who resided in the Valley of Virginia.
Horse Shoe Robinson
Author: John Pendleton Kennedy
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Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
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Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
Pages :
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Horse-Shoe Robinson. A Tale of the Tory Ascendency. Rev. Ed
Author: John Pendleton Kennedy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Horse-Shoe Robinson
Author: John Pendleton Kennedy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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