Memoirs on the Life and Travels of Thomas Hammond, 1748-1775

by Thomas Hammond

A lavishly illustrated manuscript from the eighteenth century now being published for the first time, Thomas Hammond's memoirs are a major discovery. Hammond was a self-educated but remarkably gifted writer with a knack for seizing unlikely opportunities for adventure. We follow this abandoned waif as he embarks on a long journey through bewildering foreign lands--working by turns as a stableboy, jockey, servant to French nobles, itinerant circus...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813939674
• ISBN13: 9780813939674
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"