The Delectable Country
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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 Delectable Country is an historical novel by the American writer Leland Baldwin (1897–1981) set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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.