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O'Flaherty, Patrick, 1939-2017,

Scotland's pariah : the life and work of John Pinkerton, 1758-1826 / Patrick O'Flaherty. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Youth, 1758-1781 -- 2. Finding His Way, 1782-1789 -- 3. The Great Work, 1790-1797 -- 4. Reviewer and Geographer, 1798-1802 -- 5. Paris Interlude, 1802-1805 -- 6. The Dishonoured Veteran, 1806-1814 -- 7. A Banished Man, 1815-1826.

Scotland's Pariah is the first book to examine the remarkable life of John Pinkerton: antiquarian, poet, forger, cartographer, historian, serial adulterer, bigamist, and religious skeptic.

ISBN: 9781442619876 (electronic bk.) 1442619872 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.3138/9781442619876 doi YBP12222871

Source: 22573/cttpg7g66 JSTOR

Subjects--Personal Names:
Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826.
Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826.
Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cartographers--Scotland--Biography.
Historians--Scotland--Biography.
Cartographes--Écosse--Biographies.
Historiens--Écosse--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Science & Technology.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--Geography.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Cartography.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Cartographers.
Historians.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Scotland--Biography.
Écosse--Biographies.
Scotland.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: GA813.6.P55

Dewey Class. No.: 526.092