Author: Arthur Dudley Pierce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Smugglers' Woods. Jaunts and Journeys in Colonial and Revolutionary New Jersey. [With Plates.].
Smugglers' Woods
Author: Arthur Dudley Pierce
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813504445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Arthur Pierce tells the vivid story of smugglers turned privateers after the Revolutionary War broke out. He recounts from many sources tales of ships and men who fought and, although outnumbered and outgunned, still played havoc with British shipping. He tells also of the profiteering that went hand in hand with the privateering of the war years. From the Mullica River to Cape May stretched the woodlands and the inlets that harbored smugglers. Stealthy and dangerous though their activities were, the smugglers were not outcasts. They were looked upon with indulgence by many respectable citizens of the day. As bitterness toward the mother country mounted, smugglers were encouraged and actively supported in their operation agains the Crown. The Jersey inns and taverns emerged as the "cradles of revolt" in the years immediately preceding the Revolution. In them were planned and fostered many intrigues and acts of violence that played important parts behind the scenes of military and official action. A number of these inns and taverns are still in active use today and are depicted in the illustrations. Smugglers' Woods deals with smugglers, privateers, patriots, and loyalists to give an exciting account of the tensions and conflicts that gripped pre-Revolutionary and Revolutionary New Jersey.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813504445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Arthur Pierce tells the vivid story of smugglers turned privateers after the Revolutionary War broke out. He recounts from many sources tales of ships and men who fought and, although outnumbered and outgunned, still played havoc with British shipping. He tells also of the profiteering that went hand in hand with the privateering of the war years. From the Mullica River to Cape May stretched the woodlands and the inlets that harbored smugglers. Stealthy and dangerous though their activities were, the smugglers were not outcasts. They were looked upon with indulgence by many respectable citizens of the day. As bitterness toward the mother country mounted, smugglers were encouraged and actively supported in their operation agains the Crown. The Jersey inns and taverns emerged as the "cradles of revolt" in the years immediately preceding the Revolution. In them were planned and fostered many intrigues and acts of violence that played important parts behind the scenes of military and official action. A number of these inns and taverns are still in active use today and are depicted in the illustrations. Smugglers' Woods deals with smugglers, privateers, patriots, and loyalists to give an exciting account of the tensions and conflicts that gripped pre-Revolutionary and Revolutionary New Jersey.
American Book Publishing Record
The Julian Street Library
Author: Princeton University. Library. Julian Street Library
Publisher: New York Bowker 1966.
ISBN:
Category : Library Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
A biography of the nineteenth-century pioneer in the struggle for women's rights.
Publisher: New York Bowker 1966.
ISBN:
Category : Library Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
A biography of the nineteenth-century pioneer in the struggle for women's rights.
National Union Catalog
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Revolutionary America, 1763-1789
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Ill. on lining papers. Includes index.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Ill. on lining papers. Includes index.
Bibliographic Guide to North American History
Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired
Author: British Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description