John Walden Meyers, Loyalist Spy: The Experiences of Captain John Walden Meyers During the American Revolution (Dundurn Lives)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.16 (534 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0919670733 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In 1777 John Walden Meyers was a farmer raising a family near Albany, New York, who did not want to get involved in the American Revolution. A sizeable thron in the side of the rebels, he settled in British North America after the war and founded the town of Belleville, Ontario.. Nevertheless, this son of German immigrants soon found himself embroiled in the war, as a spy for the British
Nevertheless, this son of German immigrants soon found himself embroiled in the war, as a spy for the British. In 1777 John Walden Meyers was a farmer raising a family near Albany, New York, who did not want to get involved in the American Revolution. A sizeable thron in the side of the rebels, he settled in British North America after the war and founded the town of Belleville, Ontario.
Ten Cate, A Pictorial History of the Rideau Waterway (1981) again with A.G. in historical geography from Edinburgh University. Ten Cate, King's Men (1980), Buckskin Pimpernel (1981), and Rolls of the Provincial (Loyalist) Corps (1981). Educated there and at the University of Toronto, she holds an M.A. Her other publications include Caleb Seaman, a Loyalist (1971), Escape, Adventures of a Loyalist Family (1976), A Pictorial History of the
This needs to go into reprint!! Written by a descendant of the protagonist this is an excellent story about how the American Revolution transformed a simple NY German farmer into an enterprising loyalist (tory). It would make an excellent companion volume to Joseph Plumb Martin (the patriot)as a side by side study,in microcosm, of how ordinary colonial citizens became mortal enemies. Excellent academic works about loyalism by Sabine and Van Tyne explain the systematic and state-sanctioned persecution of loyalists but this story il