James Edward Oglethorpe

by Joyce Blackburn

Book Overview

James Edward Oglethorpe turned his back on Oxford University, his family's Jacobite schemes, and a career as courtier to a prince to settle as an English country squire. But history was not to let him... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891769951
• ISBN13: 9780891769958
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Mockingbird Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Great history of Oglethorpe for child or adult

My eight year-old "history buff" enjoyed this book very much. I enjoyed the chapters I read with him and the interesting facts he reported as he read about the life and experiences of Oglethorpe -- his progressive views on slavery, his friendships with Native Americans, his work to promote the establishment of Georgia as a colony, the conflicts he encountered.

It gave a lot of good information and facts.

It helped me with my project and gave a lot of good facts. I learned soo much.It was a book that kept my attention. Rylee