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The Surveyor and the Silversmith: Land Speculation on the Frontier of Western Pennsylvania - Couverture rigide

Orr, C. Prentiss

 
9798986099514: The Surveyor and the Silversmith: Land Speculation on the Frontier of Western Pennsylvania
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ISBN 13 : 9798986099514
Editeur : Explorditions, LLC, 2022

Synopsis

Neither the Leni Lenape nor the Iroquois called the land their own; for thousands of years, it had been inhabited by a mysterious people for whom they had no name. And, yet, white men like Daniel Leet, William Crawford and George Washington surveyed dense forests with measuring chains, tomahawks at the ready, to claim hundreds of thousands of acres simply because they could, because it was all God’s bounty, because, like silver or gold, it would provide wealth far greater than any civilization had known before. It was an ideal few would realize. But then, one day, two families laid roots in the wilds of western Pennsylvania...

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À propos de l'auteur

C. Prentiss Orr is the principal author and editor of the popular illustrated referencebook, Pittsburgh Born, Pittsburgh Bred: 500 of the More Famous People WhoHave Called Pittsburgh Home, chosen by the Senator John Heinz HistoryCenter as the official publication to celebrate Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary.He has written dozens of Pittsburgh biographies as editor and publisher ofAllegheny Cemetery's Heritage newsletter, and published two local historybooks with the late C. Hax McCullough. Prentiss also was an editor of ThePower of Pittsburgh, published by Towery Books as the centerpiece of a largereconomic development campaign he directed for the Allegheny Conferenceon Community Development. A former theatre marketing professional andadvertising creative director for more than 30 years, in 2005, Prentiss also cofoundedPennsylvania Pure Distilleries, the first vodka distillery in Pennsylvaniaand makers of Boyd & Blair Potato Vodka.The Surveyor and The Silversmith is his first deep dive into writing anAmerican family's narrative history. He can be reached at info@explorditions.com.

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Éditeur
Explorditions, LLC
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798986099514
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
471
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