The Ordeal of Thomas Barton - Anglican Missionary in the Pennsylvania Backcountry, 1755-1780

This study draws upon Thomas BartonOs Forbes expedition journal, and a vast collection of manuscript letters, sermons, and other contemporary documents to illuminate his career and help readers appreciate the complex world of the pre-Revolutionary Pennsylvania frontier and more generally of the colonial American backcountry.

About the author

James P. Myers, Jr. is Graeff Professor of English at Gettysburg College.

Summary

This study draws upon Thomas BartonOs Forbes expedition journal, and a vast collection of manuscript letters, sermons, and other contemporary documents to illuminate his career and help readers appreciate the complex world of the pre-Revolutionary Pennsylvania frontier and more generally of the colonial American backcountry.

Product details

• Authors: James Myers, James P Myers, James P. Myers, James P. Myers Jr
• Publisher: University Press Copublishing Division
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781611460636
• ISBN: 978-1-61146-063-6
• No. of pages: 278
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World; Studies in the Eighteenth Cent; Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World; Studies in the Eighteenth Cent; Studies in Eighteenth-Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works