A Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and His Family; Who Were Surprised by the Indians, and Taken from Their Farms, on the (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781170140222)

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT095582"Verbally narrated by Benjamin Gilbert to William Walton, a brother of Mrs. Gilbert, who wrote the narrative. It has also been attributed to Thomas Austin" (Evans).London: Philadelphia, printed: London: reprinted and sold by James Phillips, 1785. 123, 1]p.; 12

Author: William Walton
ISBN-10: 117014022X
ISBN-13: 9781170140222
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Language: English
Published: 06/09/2010
Pages: 132
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.28d