The Delectable Country
1939 American Historical Fiction best-seller
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The Delectable Country is an historical novel by the American writer Leland Baldwin (1897–1981) set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
First edition | |
| Author | Leland Baldwin |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Lee Furman, Inc. |
Publication date | 1939 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 715 |
| OCLC | 1053523 |
The Whiskey Rebellion is brewing in the 1790s as protagonist David Braddee, aged nineteen, pilots his foster father's keelboat to a difficult landing at the frontier town of Pittsburgh, after a trip up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers from New Orleans.
See also
Other novels that employ events of the Whiskey Rebellion:
- The Whiskey Rebels (2008)
- Wilderness Boy (1955)
- The Latimers (1898)
References
- Baldwin, Leland (1939). The Delectable Country. New York: Lee Furman, Inc.
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