The Loyalist Mind: Joseph Galloway and the American Revolution

by John Ferling

A leading political figure in Pennsylvania, Joseph Galloway after 1776 was branded a "traitor" and a "cringing, bowing sycophantic Tory." Galloway's tragedy is shown in this book to have been ideological: he was a strict constitutionalist. In this respect, Dr. Ferling contends, he was a typical Loyalist, generally more principled than self-serving. In 1774, Galloway's Plan of Union lost in the Congress by one vote--a loss that changed the course of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271005149
• ISBN13: 9780271005140
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"