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Edward Fitch Underhill: Renaissance Man of Siasconset

Margaret Moore Booker

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Description:Edward Fitch Underhill (1830-98) was a man of many trades, engaged in the new occupations and reforms of mid-nineteenth century America. Settled in New York City as a journalist, he was a reporter during the Civil War for the New-York Times.Margaret Moore Booker's account of his development as a war correspondent is exceptional, as his dispatches from the Maryland/West Virginia front provided a rare first-person view of the war in 1860. Underhill discovered Nantucket in 1879, and the focus of Booker's story shifts to 'Sconset, where he became a major developer of tourism and entrepreneur of a 'cottage enclave' that attracted the theatrical community to 'Sconset. A selection of Underhill's humorous writings about 'Sconset enhances this substantial biography, which retells in a lively way the real-life adventures of an ambitious, bold, and enterprising man.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Edward Fitch Underhill: Renaissance Man of Siasconset. To get started finding Edward Fitch Underhill: Renaissance Man of Siasconset, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 284

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Nantucket Historical Association

Release: 2014

ISBN: 0578142643

Description: Edward Fitch Underhill (1830-98) was a man of many trades, engaged in the new occupations and reforms of mid-nineteenth century America. Settled in New York City as a journalist, he was a reporter during the Civil War for the New-York Times.Margaret Moore Booker's account of his development as a war correspondent is exceptional, as his dispatches from the Maryland/West Virginia front provided a rare first-person view of the war in 1860. Underhill discovered Nantucket in 1879, and the focus of Booker's story shifts to 'Sconset, where he became a major developer of tourism and entrepreneur of a 'cottage enclave' that attracted the theatrical community to 'Sconset. A selection of Underhill's humorous writings about 'Sconset enhances this substantial biography, which retells in a lively way the real-life adventures of an ambitious, bold, and enterprising man.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Edward Fitch Underhill: Renaissance Man of Siasconset. To get started finding Edward Fitch Underhill: Renaissance Man of Siasconset, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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