"But I had this great big pile of materials left," I say, "so before moving I'm kinda going all Whisky Rebellion on it." Being the nut he is, he got the reference immediately.
All of that is why it was so cool seeing this post this morning from Mark in Ulster on a tale of the Western Insurrection - the Whiskey Rebellion as I've always heard it called.
Skimming through it some on Google Books, it looks right fun. Sorta reads like Cooper. Neat stuff - thank you Mark!
4 comments:
"Got the reference"
It's the intersection of economics and revolution - of COURSE I got the reference!
;-)
Of COURSE he got the reference. :^) Heh. Like minds, and all that.
The on-line version is interesting; thanks for the link.
Downloadable as PDF copy at:
http://books.google.com/books?id=qPFP7wDth6kC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
about 13Mb file
McCook's "Old Farm Fairies" is at Gutenburg, but not "The Latimers"
Good reading.
The ideals of the American Revolution didn't last long..
Reason my family headed to the wilds of NE Kentucky
Q
Clear example of sampling bias if you ask me.
Anyone reading here gets the reference. ;-)
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