The Latimers
{{short description|1898 novel by Henry Christopher McCook}}
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{{Infobox book |
| name = The Latimers: A Tale of the Western Insurrection of 1794
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| image = The Latimers - front matter.png
| caption = Title page of the undated Pittsburgh reprint for The Latimers
| author = Henry Christopher McCook
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Novel
| publisher = George W. Jacobs & Co.
| release_date = 1898
| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = 593
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| oclc = 611745
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The Latimers : A Tale of the Western Insurrection of 1794 is an historical novel by the American writer and Presbyterian clergyman Henry Christopher McCook (1837–1911) set in 1790s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The novel tells the story of Scotch-Irish American pioneers during the Whiskey Rebellion.
See also
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Other novels that employ events of the Whiskey Rebellion:
- The Whiskey Rebels (2008)
- Wilderness Boy (1955)
- The Delectable Country (1939)
References
- {{cite book | author=McCook, Henry Christopher | title=The Latimers : A Tale of the Western Insurrection of 1794 | location=Philadelphia | publisher=George W. Jacobs & Co. | year=1898}}
{{Whiskey Rebellion}}
External links
- The Latimers : A Tale of the Western Insurrection of 1794 (1898) ([http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?c=pitttext;cc=pitttext;view=toc;idno=00afx7796m Historic Pittsburgh e-text])
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Category:Novels set in Pittsburgh
Category:Scotch-Irish American culture in Pennsylvania
Category:Fiction set in the 1790s
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