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008 981022s1999 nyu b 001 0deng
010 $a 98042773
020 $a0679433457 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm40256208
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050 00 $aF232.D7$bR69 1999
082 00 $a975.5/52302$221
100 1 $aRoyster, Charles.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79026374
245 14 $aThe fabulous history of the Dismal Swamp Company :$ba story of George Washington's times /$cby Charles Royster.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBorzoi Books,$c1999.
263 $a9910
300 $axi, 622 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tPrologue: "The Lake of the Dismal Swamp" --$gI.$tThe Land of Promise --$gII.$tA Scheme of Great Expectation --$gIII.$tThe Land of Cakes --$gIV.$tThe Last Voyage of the Slave Ship Hope.$gPt. 1.$tThe Voyagers.$gPt. 2.$tThe Partners --$gV.$tThe Age of Paper --$gVI.$tThis Eldorado --$gVII.$tTerraphobia.
520 1 $a"In this narrative Charles Royster traces the rise and fall of the eighteenth-century transatlantic culture that was built on the insatiable demand in Europe for Virginia tobacco and the equally insatiable American demand for European manufactured goods."--BOOK JACKET.
520 8 $a"Professor Royster gives us the story of the Dismal Swamp Company, a fantastically delusional enterprise that proposed draining and developing a vast morass along the Virginia-North Carolina border. He writes about the many schemers and dreamers (including George Washington, Robert "King" Carter, two William Byrds, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert Morris) who failed to amass their desired fortunes, and a few realists (Samuel Gist, Dr.
520 8 $aThomas Walker, and Anthony Bacon) who succeeded, but at the dire expense of others. And we see the breakdown of this culture and the transition to a more democratic, though similar, system after the Revolution."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aDismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)$xHistory$y18th century.
600 10 $aWashington, George,$d1732-1799$xFriends and associates.
650 0 $aPolitical corruption$zVirginia$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aLand speculation$zDismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)$xHistory$y18th century.
852 00 $bglx$hF232.D7$iR69 1999