A01=Joyce Blackburn
Author_Joyce Blackburn
biography
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colonial history
colony of Georgia
Creek Indians
early American history
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Eugenia Price
Georgia
Georgia history
Jacobite
James Edward Oglethorpe
Joyce Blackburn
Oglethorpe biography
political leader biography
United States Colonial period history
Product details
- ISBN 9781630263645
- Dimensions: 139 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 18 Nov 2004
- Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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James Edward Oglethorpe turned his back on Oxford University, his family's Jacobite schemes, and a career as courtier to a prince to settle as an English country squire. But history was not to let him stay unnoticed. As a member of Parliament in the eighteenth century, Oglethorpe fought for debtors? rights and prison reform, and when he gained them, volunteered to found a new colony in America. Under his direction, settlements were established, strong bonds were formed with the Creek Indians, and the colony of Georgia flourished. He guided it during its formative years and protected it during war with Spain. That alone should have assured Oglethorpe of his place in history...but as he learned, politics and fortune are fickle. In this captivating biography, Joyce Blackburn details the career and life of this gallant gentleman, hero, visionary, and patriot.
