Indian Captive, Indian King : : Peter Williamson in America and Britain / / Timothy J. Shannon.
In 1758 Peter Williamson, dressed as an Indian, peddled a tale in Scotland about being kidnapped as a young boy, sold into slavery and servitude, captured by Indians, and made a prisoner of war. Separating fact from fiction, Timothy Shannon illuminates the curiosity about America among working-class...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) :; 22 halftones, 2 maps |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Dates, Money, and Williamson’s Narrative -- Prologue: Aberdeen, 1758 -- PART I. HARD FATE -- 1. Kidnapped -- 2. Sold as a Slave -- 3. Captive -- 4. Soldier -- 5. Prisoner of War -- PART II. THE INTERESTING TALE -- 6. Strolling Adventurer -- 7. Poor Peter Williamson -- 8. Peter Williamson, Pursuer -- 9. From the Other World -- 10. Bookseller, Printer, and Postman -- 11. King of the Indians -- Epilogue: Edinburgh, 1822 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | In 1758 Peter Williamson, dressed as an Indian, peddled a tale in Scotland about being kidnapped as a young boy, sold into slavery and servitude, captured by Indians, and made a prisoner of war. Separating fact from fiction, Timothy Shannon illuminates the curiosity about America among working-class people on the margins of empire. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674981218 9783110606621 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674981218 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Timothy J. Shannon. |