Samuel Johnson

The False Alarm. Samuel Johnson

Publisher Marketing: Title: The false alarm. Author: Samuel JohnsonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01741700CollectionID: CTRG95-B3553PublicationDate: 17700101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Attributed to Samuel Johnson. A defense of the conduct of the House of Commons towards John Wilkes. Collation: 53 p.; 23 cm Contributor Bio:  Johnson, Samuel When, from time to time, he was asked, 'Who do you think is the greatest Englishman?' A. J. P. Taylor wrote, 'I have never been at a loss for an answer. Samuel Johnson of course. Not Churchill, not Wellington or Nelson. Certainly not Darwin.'""Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)was born in Lichfield. From 1737 he lived in London. He was a prolific journalist, writing for "The Rambler" (he was almost its sole contributor), "The Adventurer, " and "The Idler". His great works include his "Dictionary of the English Language "and "The Lives of the English Poets" (reissued in Faber Finds in the George Birkbeck Hill 1905 edition. He was also the subject of the greatest biography in the English language, Boswell's "Life of Johnson".