{"product_id":"much-given-to-strong-liquor-joseph-lee-boyle-9780806358437","title":"Much Given to Strong Liquor, and Low Company: White Pennsylvania Runaways, 1773-1775","description":"Runaway servants were not an uncommon phenomenon in the 18th century. One source estimates that between 20-25% of indentured servants fled their masters. More Pennsylvanians fled indentured servitude between 1773 and 1775 than during any comparable three-year period. From the genealogist's standpoint, this presents a methodological problem since it was in the runaway's best interest to conceal his\/her identity after making a successful getaway. Joseph Lee Boyle's transcriptions of the runaway ads, taken from thirty-two different colonial newspapers (including papers from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, and New York) and covering the period 1773-1775, provide valuable demographic information on about 3,500 individuals, with name, age, sex, height, plate of origin, clothing, occupation, speech, physical imperfections, and sometimes personal vignettes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Lee Boyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806358432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806358437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clearfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.07d","brand":"Joseph Lee Boyle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926277718271,"sku":"9780806358437","price":53.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f52c2c14-6871-47c7-a083-fd41f65684d1.jpg?v=1681082179","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/much-given-to-strong-liquor-joseph-lee-boyle-9780806358437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}