So Obstinately Loyal: James Moody, 1744-1809
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (529 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0886293553 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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So Obstinately Loyal culminates in Weymouth, Nova Scotia, where, along with almost 40,000 other Loyalists, Moody had to remake a life among the Acadians and earlier Yankee settlers. His complex career encompassed ship-building, efforts to found an Anglican parish, military service as an officer in a regiment formed to defend against invasion from revolutionary France, and building on his American experience to work for constitutional reform. Once called "that villain Moody" by George Washington himself, and "the best Partizan we had," by William Franklin, the Loyalist governor of New Jersey, Moody risked his life recruiting, gathering intelligence, and freeing prisoners behind American lines. Yet he and people like him also helped to shape the destinies of nations. This complex weave of precarious existence and nation-building, of adaptation and "staking one's all," emerges clearly from Susan Shenstones's meticulous research and vivid writing.. Next came dispossession and exile in London, where he strove to obtain British recognition of his losses, and wrote the objective, exciting account of his fateful choice, and the exploits that inspired this book. Moody's life was shaped by the growing pains of fledgling nationhood on both sides of the border
It affords a rare view of life among those Americans who were Loyalists and exiles." Social & Behavioral Sciences . "This book has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster." Atlantic Books Today ----- "A significant contribution to Canadian and American history. Shenstone's biography of James Moody is one of the few comprehensive biographies of a loyalist who settled in Nova Scotia." The Journal of Military History ----- "This book catches all the drama of Moody's adventures, separating fact from fiction in the numerous legends, and treats fully his family life and overall career
. Shenstone has her MA in English and American literature from George Washington University
Loyalists?Patriots? Who is what? This is a very readable scholarly book about Captain James Moody of New Jersey. A man denounced by Washington ( he regularly swiped his mail) and all but forgotten in the parts of Nova Scotia where he was essential in civil development. Being a descendent of his compatriot, Lawrence Marr, I have an axe to grind, but if you have seen the movie "The Patriot" and find yourself distressed at the actions o. "A fuller picture" according to Peter D. Scott. One cannot have a rounded view of the American revolution without seeing the extent to which it was also a civil war, and understanding the viewpoint of those in America who shared in the resentment of King George's policies, yet renounced violence as a remedy and saw no need to overthrow the existing rule of law. Susan Shenstone's thoroughly researched and detailed study of James Moody does precisely. A different view John Blackwell This is the first book I have read which describes the American revolutionaries unsympathetically. At one point, I thought the book must have been written during the current conflict in Iraq, but the copyright is dated 2000. I guess those who fight against authority have something in common with each other.I did not find this book exciting to read. Perhaps the author is trying to be authoritative at t