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DEAD CERTAINTIES (UNWARRANTED SPECULATIONS)

by Simon Schama

Published by Granta Books. 1st. 1991

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A history of stories. Black boards, silver title to spine. 333 pages. Some b/w illustrations.

Wrapper is price-cut.

ISBN: 0140142304
Stock no. 1330903

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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • One The Many Deaths of General Wolfe
  • 1 At The Face of the Cliff
  • 2 In Command
  • 3 Deep in the Forest
  • 4 On the Heights of Abraham
  • Two Death of a Harvard Man
  • 1 Honest Sweat: The Blacksmith's Son
  • 2 Income: The Pedestrian
  • 3 Enterprise: The Janitor
  • 4 Debt: Skyrocket Jack
  • 5 Taking Stock: The Prisoner and the Public
  • 6 Accounts Rendered: Lawyers, Doctors and Other Solid Citizens
  • 7 Payment Pending: The Press, the Preachers and the Prisoner
  • 8 Settlements: The Legatees
  • Afterword
  • A Note on Sources

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