The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America (Early American Studies)

The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America (Early American Studies)

by JohnFea (Author)

Synopsis

In this first full biography of Philip Vickers Fithian, John Fea tells the story of how one young man sought to pursue the life of an eighteenth-century Presbyterian gentleman while continuing to yearn for the everyday passions that defined what it meant for him to be human.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 280
Edition: Reissue
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 15 Jan 2009

ISBN 10: 0812220595
ISBN 13: 9780812220599