Dunmore's New World The Extraordinary Life of a Royal Governor in Revolutionary America--With Jacobites, Counterfeiters, Land Schemes, Shipwrecks, Scalping, Indian Politics, Runaway Slaves and Two Illegal Royal Weddings |
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| Author:
| David, James Corbett |
| Series title: | Early American Histories Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3424-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.50USD $49.50 |
Book Description:
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Tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Lord Dunmore, the last royal governor of Virginia, whose long-neglected life boasts a measure of scandal and intrigue rare in the annals of the colonial world. In this entertaining biography, James Corbett David brings together a rich cast of characters as he follows Dunmore on his perilous path through the Atlantic world from 1745 to 1809.
Tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Lord Dunmore, the last royal governor of Virginia, whose long-neglected life boasts a measure of scandal and intrigue rare in the annals of the colonial world. In this entertaining biography, James Corbett David brings together a rich cast of characters as he follows Dunmore on his perilous path through the Atlantic world from 1745 to 1809.