Author: ROBERTS, KENNETH
Title: Oliver Wiswell
Description: NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc, 1940. 1st Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. First trade edition, second printing before publication (November 22, 1940). Publisher's full navy cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, top edge blue, maps on endpapers. In this novel, Kenneth Roberts portrays a very different side to the story of the American Revolution, that of the loyalists (those colonists who supported the British monarchy). Spanning the years from 1775 to 1783, “Oliver Wiswell” traces the adventures of a Yale student who is deeply loyal to the established government of the colonies. This wonderfully far-ranging novel is packed with battles, sudden flights, escapes, intrigue, massacres, romance, and exile as it follows Wiswell, a spy for Sir William Howell (Commander in Chief of the British Armies) on Long Island, as well as in Paris and London. He captures a sloop single-handedly and joins Benedict Arnold against the American revolutionaries of the southern colonies. “Oliver Wiswell” did no less than challenge the accepted perceptions of the loyalists. Though branded by history as cowardly traitors, many of them were men of strong convictions and fierce courage, sometimes defeating triple their number of Continental troops and militiamen in battle. With strong historical detail and vivid depictions, Roberts explores the hearts and minds of those men and women who opposed the Revolution. Gift inscription (Christmas, 1940) on half-title, front hinge separating (but holding) at title page, else near fine; unmarked, tight, and square. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is lightly soiled and chipped, with small loss at the heel. VERY GOOD/GOOD. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 836 pp. Very Good in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Fiction the American Revolution Historical Fiction History American History American Revolution Novels Literature Novels, Poetry & Literature Historical Fiction Military, Military History & Weapons
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Title: Oliver Wiswell
Description: NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc, 1940. 1st Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. First trade edition, second printing before publication (November 22, 1940). Publisher's full navy cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, top edge blue, maps on endpapers. In this novel, Kenneth Roberts portrays a very different side to the story of the American Revolution, that of the loyalists (those colonists who supported the British monarchy). Spanning the years from 1775 to 1783, “Oliver Wiswell” traces the adventures of a Yale student who is deeply loyal to the established government of the colonies. This wonderfully far-ranging novel is packed with battles, sudden flights, escapes, intrigue, massacres, romance, and exile as it follows Wiswell, a spy for Sir William Howell (Commander in Chief of the British Armies) on Long Island, as well as in Paris and London. He captures a sloop single-handedly and joins Benedict Arnold against the American revolutionaries of the southern colonies. “Oliver Wiswell” did no less than challenge the accepted perceptions of the loyalists. Though branded by history as cowardly traitors, many of them were men of strong convictions and fierce courage, sometimes defeating triple their number of Continental troops and militiamen in battle. With strong historical detail and vivid depictions, Roberts explores the hearts and minds of those men and women who opposed the Revolution. Gift inscription (Christmas, 1940) on half-title, front hinge separating (but holding) at title page, else near fine; unmarked, tight, and square. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is lightly soiled and chipped, with small loss at the heel. VERY GOOD/GOOD. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 836 pp. Very Good in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Fiction the American Revolution Historical Fiction History American History American Revolution Novels Literature Novels, Poetry & Literature Historical Fiction Military, Military History & Weapons
Price: US$ 60.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 29324
- Book number: 29324
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