The Quiet People of the Land: Story of North Carolina Moravians in Revolutionary Times (The Old Salem series) by James, Hunter - 1976-12-01

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1976* Publisher: University of North Carolina Press.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear. VG++* Jacket condition: Black and grey illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine which is very slightly faded. Now in clear protective jacket. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured and illustrated end papers. (Black on blue-grey.) Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: A number of b/w line drawings and diagrams within text.* Pages: 134 pp. text. xxvi pp. Revolutionary calendar, notes, bibliography, epilogue, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: The author, Hunter James, mined Moravian archives and recounts details of life during the turbulent years of the American Revolution. The Brethern were allowed by an act of Parliament to refuse military induction, and 1755 North Carolina law allowed them to establish and support their own parish government. The inhabitants of the Moravian settlement of Wachovia needed to exercise tact and forbearance in order to maintain both the security and the integrity of their settlement.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minor age & wear. Now in protected dust jacket.*