- Additional Authors
- Wilson, Amos, -1821.
- Description
- 24 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 21 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Pennsylvania hermit : a narrative of the most extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave in the neighbourhood of Harrisburgh, (Pennsylvania)
- Life of Amos Wilson, &c.
- Subject
- Note
- "Annexed is the writings of Wilson while a recluse and his reasons for preferring a state of solitude to that of the society of his fellow-beings."
- Title-vignette.
- "The sweets of solitude, or, Instructions to mankind : how they may be happy in a miserable world."--P. [14]-24.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 104605.
- Reproduction (note)
- OCLC
- Title
The Pennsylvania hermit [electronic resource] : a narrative of the extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave in the neighborhood of Harrisburgh, (Penn.), after having therein lived in solitary retirement for the space of nineteen years, in consequence of the ignominious death of his sister.
- Imprint
Philadelphia : Smith and Carpenter, 1839.
- Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Local Note
Biography.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Wilson, Amos, -1821. Sweets of solitude.
- Caption Title
Life of Amos Wilson, &c.