William Stephens - Georgia's Forgotten Founder

Informationen zum Autor Julie Anne Sweet is an associate professor of history at Baylor University. She is the author of Negotiating for Georgia: British-Creek Relations in the Trustee Era, 1733-1752. Klappentext In 1737, Englishman William Stephens (1671--1753) sailed to Georgia to serve as colonial secretary to its British Board of Trustees. His lucid reports on the condition of Georgia deeply impressed the board, which eventually appointed him president of the troubled colony. The elderly Stephens adroitly shepherded the fledgling settlement over the following decade through a precarious and tumultuous period. Though Stephens's actions proved critical to the survival of colonial Georgia, historians have largely overlooked his life story. In William Stephens: Georgia's Forgotten Founder, Julie Anne Sweet not only fills that gap, she uses the story of Stephens's life as an opportunity to illuminate vital details in the history of early Georgia.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Anne Sweet
• Publisher: Louisiana state univ pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2010
• EAN: 9780807135587
• ISBN: 978-0-8071-3558-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Southern Biography (Hardcover); Southern Biography (Hardcover); Southern Biography
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies