The Pennsylvania hermit : a narrative of the extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave in the neighborhood of Harrisburgh, (Penn.), after having therein lived in solitary retirement for the space of nineteen years, in consequence of the ignominious death of his sister.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Smith and Carpenter, 1839. |
| Description | 24 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Pennsylvania hermit : a narrative of the most extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave in the neighbourhood of Harrisburgh, (Pennsylvania) |
| Caption title | Life of Amos Wilson, &c. |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Biography. |
| Local note | 2010AA01800. |
| General note | "Annexed is the writings of Wilson while a recluse and his reasons for preferring a state of solitude to that of the society of his fellow-beings." |
| General note | Title-vignette. |
| General note | "The sweets of solitude, or, Instructions to mankind : how they may be happy in a miserable world."--P. [14]-24. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 104605. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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