The Pennsylvania hermit : a narrative of the extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave, in the neighborhood of Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania, after having therein lived, in solitary retirement, for the space of nineteen years, in consequence of the ignominious death of his sister : 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.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Philadelphia. : [s.n.], 1839.
Description
24 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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Notes
  • Also issued the same year in 23- and 48-page editions.
  • "The sweets of solitude, or Instructions to mankind, how they may be happy in a miserable world."--p. [14]-24. Signed: Amos Wilson.
References
Checklist Amer. imprints, 57881
Place name(s)
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
OCLC
74213462
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