The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America by John Fea

The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America

Early American Studies

John Fea

269 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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The Way of Improvement Leads Home traces the short but fascinating life of Philip Vickers Fithian, one of the most prolific diarists in early America. Born to Presbyterian grain-growers in rural New Jersey, he was never quite satisfied with the ag...

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