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Description:Originally published in 1884, The Entailed Hat has been reprinted about every twenty five years and each new printing soon found "a good home." Its popularity has continued because it is a sound and truthful piece of writing about a section of America whose traditions and customs, and they are of an unusual character, have remained pretty much unchanged for three hundred years.George Alfred Townsend knew the Eastern Shore as few men did. With him there was no disclaimer to avoid possible libel suits: It was not purely coincidental that he used the names of real people, because his characters actually existed; and had the need arisen, he could have proved in court their misdoings, by the court's own records. The only liberty the author took was the matter of chronology, in that the iron company was not organized until after Patty Cannon was dead.The Entailed Hat actually includes three different stories, that of the iron smelting company which exploited the bog iron deposits of Worcester County, Maryland; that of the kidnapping of slaves and free negroes by the Joe Johnson-Patty Cannon gang in what is almost a no-man's land, where Dorchester and Caroline Counties, Maryland and Sussex County, Delaware join; and that of the "Hat" itself. Through one central figure, Meshach Milburn, the three stories are interwoven and considerable unity is attained. The author's excellent descriptive writing, the thing which brought him fame as a Civil War correspondent, carries the tale.To this very day the description of the quest of Phoebus up the Nanticoke River could serve as an excellent Coast Pilot, providing the user accepts bridges instead of ferries.A most unusual feature of the Entailed Hat is that, in a period when sweetness and light dominated the novel, stark realism is the key note.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Entailed Hat: The Story of Patty Cannon's Times - The Great Historical Romance of Real People of the Delmarva Peninsula. To get started finding The Entailed Hat: The Story of Patty Cannon's Times - The Great Historical Romance of Real People of the Delmarva Peninsula, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Originally published in 1884, The Entailed Hat has been reprinted about every twenty five years and each new printing soon found "a good home." Its popularity has continued because it is a sound and truthful piece of writing about a section of America whose traditions and customs, and they are of an unusual character, have remained pretty much unchanged for three hundred years.George Alfred Townsend knew the Eastern Shore as few men did. With him there was no disclaimer to avoid possible libel suits: It was not purely coincidental that he used the names of real people, because his characters actually existed; and had the need arisen, he could have proved in court their misdoings, by the court's own records. The only liberty the author took was the matter of chronology, in that the iron company was not organized until after Patty Cannon was dead.The Entailed Hat actually includes three different stories, that of the iron smelting company which exploited the bog iron deposits of Worcester County, Maryland; that of the kidnapping of slaves and free negroes by the Joe Johnson-Patty Cannon gang in what is almost a no-man's land, where Dorchester and Caroline Counties, Maryland and Sussex County, Delaware join; and that of the "Hat" itself. Through one central figure, Meshach Milburn, the three stories are interwoven and considerable unity is attained. The author's excellent descriptive writing, the thing which brought him fame as a Civil War correspondent, carries the tale.To this very day the description of the quest of Phoebus up the Nanticoke River could serve as an excellent Coast Pilot, providing the user accepts bridges instead of ferries.A most unusual feature of the Entailed Hat is that, in a period when sweetness and light dominated the novel, stark realism is the key note.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Entailed Hat: The Story of Patty Cannon's Times - The Great Historical Romance of Real People of the Delmarva Peninsula. To get started finding The Entailed Hat: The Story of Patty Cannon's Times - The Great Historical Romance of Real People of the Delmarva Peninsula, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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