Title |
Peaceable kingdom lost : : the Paxton Boys and the destruction of William Penn's holy experiment
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Names |
Kenny, Kevin.
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Book Number |
BR018523
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Braille
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Download Link |
Volume 1.
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Volume 2.
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Volume 3.
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Annotation |
Historian recounts the 1763 massacre of Native Americans that destroyed the peace established eighty years earlier by Pennsylvania Quaker William Penn. Discusses the attack by Presbyterian militiamen the Paxton Boys, who sought land, and the increasing violence against Indians during the French and Indian, Pontiac's, and Revolutionary wars. Violence. 2009.
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Local Subject |
History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Short Book - SH
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Audience Notes |
Contains violence.
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LC Subject |
Culture conflict - Pennsylvania - History
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Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - History - 18th century
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Paxton Boys
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Vigilantes - Pennsylvania - History - 18th century
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Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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Pennsylvania - Race relations - History - 18th century
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Call Number |
323.1197074809033 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2009
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2009 (CPH, transcribing agency).
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Original Publication |
Transcription of: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. 9780195331509
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