Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America
(Part of the Early American Studies Series)
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The Way of Improvement Leads Home traces the short but fascinating life of Philip Vickers Fithian, one of the most prolific diarists in early America. Born to Presbyterian grain-growers in rural New Jersey, he was never quite satisfied with the agricultural life he seemed destined to inherit. Fithian longed for something more--to improve himself in a revolutionary world that was making upward mobility possible. While Fithian is best known...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812220595
ISBN13:9780812220599
Release Date:February 2009
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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