Format:
Online-Ressource (280 p)
ISBN:
9780812220599
Series Statement:
Early American Studies
Content:
In this first full biography of Philip Vickers Fithian, John Fea tells the story of how one young man sought to pursue the life of an eighteenth-century Presbyterian gentleman while continuing to yearn for the everyday passions that defined what it meant for him to be human.
Content:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 A Cohansey Home -- 2 A Presbyterian Conversion -- 3 Ambition -- 4 Rural Enlightenment -- 5 A Virginia Sojourn -- 6 Revolution -- 7 The Call of God -- 8 Duty -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix: A Note on the Fithian Diaries -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1 A Cohansey Home""; ""2 A Presbyterian Conversion""; ""3 Ambition""; ""4 Rural Enlightenment""; ""5 A Virginia Sojourn""; ""6 Revolution""; ""7 The Call of God""; ""8 Duty""; ""9 Conclusion""; ""Appendix: A Note on the Fithian Diaries""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Acknowledgments""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812206395
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812220599
Additional Edition:
Print version Way of Improvement Leads Home : Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America
Language:
English
Keywords:
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