A Huguenot on the Hackensack: David Demarest and His Legacy - Rilegato

Major, David C.; Major, John S.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0838641520 ISBN 13: 9780838641521

Casa editrice: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr, 2008

Riassunto

Born in Picardy and a Protestant, Demerest married in The Netherlands, started his family in Germany, and eventually moved to Staten Island and Harlem in the US to settle along the Hankensack River. He was an adept businessman and his politics were flexible enough to ensure success under both the Dutch and the English. The following generations were, like him, devoted churchmen and his gift for entrepreneurship seemed to be genetic. They spread out from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, New York and Kentucky. As railroads came in the power of the family dwindled, but as the authors (who are brothers and descendants of Demerest) demonstrate, theirs was the story of a colony, a new nation, and a constantly changing society. The authors make good use of family records and lore, and clearly show how such families slowly became ordinary. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0838641520
• ISBN 13: 9780838641521
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 261
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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