Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier, 1760-1820 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture)

Type

Book

Authors

Alan Taylor

ISBN 10

0807842826

ISBN 13

9780807842829

Tags

Colonial Period, State & Local, United States

Description

This detailed exploration of the settlement of Maine beginning in the late eighteenth century illuminates the violent, widespread contests along the American frontier that served to define and complete the American Revolution. Taylor shows how Maine's militant settlers organized secret companies to defend their populist understanding of the Revolution. - from Amzon

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