The fabulous history of the Dismal Swamp Company
a story of George Washington's times
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Publication
1999 - Alfred AA, Knopf, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
155,500 words, Guess
Page Count
622 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL380560M
- ISBN-100679433457
- OCLC Control Number40256208
- OCLC Control Numberfabuloushistoryo00char
- Library of Congress Control Number98042773
and 2 more
- LibraryThing3813
- Goodreads1328910
Classifications
- DDC975.5/52302
- LCCF232.D7 R69 1999
Description
"In this narrative Charles Royster traces the rise and fall of the eighteenth-century transatlantic culture that was built on the insatiable demand in Europe for Virginia tobacco and the equally insatiable American demand for European manufactured goods."--BOOK JACKET. "Professor Royster gives us the story of the Dismal Swamp Company, a fantastically delusional enterprise that proposed draining and developing a vast morass along the Virginia-North Carolina border. He writes about the many schemers and dreamers (including George Washington, Robert "King" Carter, two William Byrds, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert Morris) who failed to amass their desired fortunes, and a few realists (Samuel Gist, Dr. Thomas Walker, and Anthony Bacon) who succeeded, but at the dire expense of others. And we see the breakdown of this culture and the transition to a more democratic, though similar, system after the Revolution."--BOOK JACKET.
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