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James Edward Oglethorpe
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by Joyce Blackburn
Sales Rank: 661318
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List Price: $9.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 192 pages
Published by: Hillsboro Press October 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1577363329
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1577363323
Book Dimensions:
8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 8.8 ounces
Book Description
New Printing! Includes a Foreword by Eugenia Price
James Edward Oglethorpe turned his back on Oxford University, his familys 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 historybut 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.
"James Edward Oglethorpe, the colorful Englishman who founded the thirteenth colony, was a man who, even today, would be considered progressive beyond his time."
Eugenia Price
Author, Where Shadows Go, Maria, The Beloved Invader
Card Catalog Description
A biography of the English founder and first governor of the colony of Georgia who was active in politics and penal reform and a supporter of the American Revolution.
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Reader Reviews
My eight year-old "history buff" enjoyed this book very much. I enjoyed the chapters I read with him and the interesting facts he reported as he read about the life and experiences of Oglethorpe -- his progressive views on slavery, his friendships with Native Americans, his work to promote the establishment of Georgia as a colony, the conflicts he encountered.
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