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Smuggler's Woods : Jaunts and Journeys in Colonial and Revolutionary New Jersey by Arthur Pierce (1964, Trade Paperback)
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From the Mullica River to Cape May stretched the woodlands and the inlets that harbored smugglers. In them were planned and fostered many intrigues and acts of violence that played important parts behind the scenes of military and official action.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRutgers University Press
ISBN-100813504449
ISBN-139780813504445
eBay Product ID (ePID)621412
Product Key Features
Book TitleSmuggler's Woods : Jaunts and Journeys in Colonial and Revolutionary New Jersey
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), General
Publication Year1964
FeaturesReprint
GenreFiction, History
AuthorArthur Pierce
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight15 oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews'Chances are that any reader with prosperous ancestors who came to America before 1755 will find a smuggler somewhere in his family tree,' writes the author, a New Jersey historian. In Smugglers' Woods he documents his case with true stories of smugglers, from those at highest levels, such as Stephen Girard, to men known as 'swamp angels' whose exploits bordered on fiendish.
Edition DescriptionReprint
Table Of ContentIntroduction 1 Smugglers' Woods 2 Privateering- and Adventure 3 Privateering- and Profiteering 4 Wistarberg: A New Look 5 Tea Time at Greenwich 6 "Cohansie": A Love Story 7 Cradles of Revolt: The Taverns 8 The Taverns Go to War 9 Salt of the Sea 10 The Murder of Joshua Huddy 11 "George, Be King!" Appendix A: A Tavern Guide for Colonial Touridsts Text References Manuscript Sources Bibliography Index
SynopsisArthur Pierce tells the vivid story of smugglers turned privateers after the Revolutionary War broke out. He recounts from many sources tales of ships and men who fought and, although outnumbered and outgunned, still played havoc with British shipping. He tells also of the profiteering that went hand in hand with the privateering of the war years. From the Mullica River to Cape May stretched the woodlands and the inlets that harbored smugglers. Stealthy and dangerous though their activities were, the smugglers were not outcasts. They were looked upon with indulgence by many respectable citizens of the day., Arthur Pierce tells the vivid story of smugglers turned privateers after the Revolutionary War broke out. He recounts from many sources tales of ships and men who fought and, although outnumbered and outgunned, still played havoc with British shipping. He tells also of the profiteering that went hand in hand with the privateering of the war years. From the Mullica River to Cape May stretched the woodlands and the inlets that harbored smugglers. Stealthy and dangerous though their activities were, the smugglers were not outcasts. They were looked upon with indulgence by many respectable citizens of the day. As bitterness toward the mother country mounted, smugglers were encouraged and actively supported in their operation agains the Crown. The Jersey inns and taverns emerged as the "cradles of revolt" in the years immediately preceding the Revolution. In them were planned and fostered many intrigues and acts of violence that played important parts behind the scenes of military and official action. A number of these inns and taverns are still in active use today and are depicted in the illustrations. Smugglers' Woods deals with smugglers, privateers, patriots, and loyalists to give an exciting account of the tensions and conflicts that gripped pre-Revolutionary and Revolutionary New Jersey.
