THE ENTAILED HAT or Patty Cannon's Times. A Romance
by Townsend, George Alfred
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870331353
- ISBN 13
- 9780870331350
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1969. Third printing of new illustrated edition (1955). Octavo. xvii, 565 pp; 14 b/w illustrations. Map on endpapers. Blue cloth with gilt image of man wearing hat on cover and spine, gilt lettered-spine, in dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket - spine faded, corners & spine ends lightly chipped, folds lightly rubbed. This is the fictionalized tale of Martha "Patty" Cannon (circa 1760-1829), the leader of a gang in the early 19th century that kidnapped slaves and free blacks from the Delmarva Peninsula and transported and sold them to plantation owners located further south.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001492
- Title
- THE ENTAILED HAT or Patty Cannon's Times. A Romance
- Author
- Townsend, George Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0870331353
- ISBN 13
- 9780870331350
- Publisher
- Tidewater Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MD
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Eastern Shore Maryland Delmarva Peninsula Patty Cannon
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century; History;
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Gilt
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- Reprint
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- Octavo
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