The Delectable Country
1939 American Historical Fiction best-seller
First edition | |
Author | Leland Baldwin |
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Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | Lee Furman, Inc. |
Publication date | 1939 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 715 |
OCLC | 1053523 |
The Delectable Country is an historical novel by the American writer Leland Baldwin (1897–1981) set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Whiskey Rebellion is brewing in the 1790s as protagonist David Braddee, aged nineteen, pilots his foster father's keelboat to a difficult landing at the frontier town of Pittsburgh, after a trip up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers from New Orleans.
See also
Other novels that employ events of the Whiskey Rebellion:
- The Whiskey Rebels (2008)
- Wilderness Boy (1955)
- The Latimers (1898)
References
- Baldwin, Leland (1939). The Delectable Country. New York: Lee Furman, Inc.
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Whiskey Rebellion
- Alexander Addison
- Hugh Henry Brackenridge
- David Bradford
- William Findley
- Thomas Gaddis
- Albert Gallatin
- Alexander Hamilton
- Herman Husband
- Henry Lee
- Daniel Morgan
- Robert Philson
- John Smilie
- George Washington
- John Wilkins, Jr.
- Western Pennsylvania
- Andrew Rabb House
- Bethel Presbyterian Church
- Black Horse Tavern
- David Bradford House
- Defibaugh Tavern
- Fort Gaddis
- Huffman Distillery and Chopping Mill
- John Corbley Farm
- Mingo Creek Presbyterian Church and Churchyard
- Oliver Miller Homestead
- Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site
- Redstone Old Fort
- William Crawford House
- Whiskey Point
- Wigle Whiskey
- The Whiskey Rebels
- "Copper Kettle"
- Wilderness Boy
- The Delectable Country
- The Latimers
- Whiskey Rebellion
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