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American sanctuary : mutiny, martyrdom, and national identity in the Age of Revolution

Summary: "The book is a triptych, beginning with the mutiny on the Hermione and the ensuing manhunt for members of her crew. The second section recounts the arrival of a handful of mutineers in the United States, including Jonathan Robbins, before examining in depth the political crisis that engulfed John Adams and the Federalist Party. The final three chapters focus on the election of 1800 and the protracted consequences of Robbins's martyrdom during the years of Republican ascendancy. As late as 1812, Adams bitterly complained that "Robbins" was "a scandal that ought to have been killed before it died of old age"--"a more infernal, wicked, malicious, unprincipled, deliberate, and cruel scandal never stalked this earth." "Indeed," he rued, "I know not whether it be dead yet.""--Preface.

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  • ISBN: 0307379906
  • ISBN: 9780307379900
  • Physical Description: xix, 293 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Maps on lining paper, front and back covers.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-280) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue -- Part one: Mutiny. Men-of-war -- Hand 'em up -- Dragnet -- Part two: Martyrdom. Receive the fugitive -- United States v. Nathan Robbins -- Martyr to liberty -- Part three: National identity. Seignor Galatini and his gang -- Revolution of 1800 -- Jonathan's ghost -- Epilogue.
Subject: Adams, John 1735-1826
Nash, Thomas -1799
United States Politics and government 1797-1801
Hermione Mutiny, 1797
Fugitives from justice Great Britain Biography
Political refugees United States Biography
Mutiny Political aspects United States History 18th century
Martyrdom Political aspects United States History 18th century
Asylum, Right of United States History 18th century
Nationalism United States History 18th century
Martyrdom Political aspects United States History 18th century
Political refugees United States Biography
Fugitives from justice Great Britain Biography
Nationalism United States History 18th century
United States Politics and government 1797-1801
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 8 of 8 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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