The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter : Together with an Accurate Account of His Great Achievement in Politics, Diplomacy, And War

By Trusedale, Pheleg Van

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Title:	The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter : Together with an Accurate Account of His Great Achievement in Politics, Diplomacy, And War
Author:	Trusedale, Pheleg Van
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature & thought, Literature and history, Literature & philosophy
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Author?s Preface: IF the reader will but pay attention to what I have written in this great work, it will be found that I have taken an unwarrantable liberty with his good taste; that is to say, I have so far deviated from that stereotyped rule-so strictly observed by all our great authors-as to make my hero, who is what is curiously enough called a ?Yankee Character,? speak tolerably good English, instead of vulgar slang. In truth, so closely do ?our great writers? adhere to this rule of depicting the eccentric American as a lean, scraggy individual, dressed most outlandishly, making splinters of the king?s English, while drawling it with offensive nasal sounds, and violating the rules of common politeness in whatever he does, that when he goes abroad the foreigner is surprised to find him a tolerably well polished gentleman, and indeed not unfrequently inquires what part of our country those lean persons he has seen described in the books of American authors reside in.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS. 1.--A Chapter Wherein those Having a Taste for Nonsense may find It 2.--Containing Sundry Matters of Deep Interest 3.--A Pleasant Meeting with a Renowned Major 4.--Major Roger Sherman Potter Recounts his Exploits in War and Politics 5.--In which Politicians and Other Vagabonds may find Something to Their Advantage 6.--Major Roger Potter's First Adventure in New York 7.--The Pleasant Side of a Misfortune 8.--Meeting Between the Renowned Major and an Eccentric Fishmonger 9.--How the Renowned Major Exchanged Chickens with Mrs. Trotbridge 10.--The Kindness of Mine Host of the Astor 11.--Wonderful Story of an Intelligent 12.--Concerning Matters Necessary to the Perfection of This History 13.--The Two Strange Characters at the Independent Temperance Hotel 14.--A whole Town in a State of Alarm 15.--An Amusing Meeting between Major Roger Potter and his Wife, Polly Potter 16.--Many Queer and Deeply Interesting Things which took place When Major Potter arrived at Barnstable