Indian Captive, Indian King : : Peter Williamson in America and Britain / / Timothy J. Shannon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Shannon, Timothy J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.) :; 22 halftones, 2 maps
• 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
• 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.

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.