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The American Revolution: written in scriptural, or, ancient historical style

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Richard Snowden

The American Revolution: written in scriptural, or, ancient historical style (1796) is an account of the American Revolution written by Richard Snowden (1753-1825).

Overview

Despite adopting the "scriptural" style, the work is relatively devoid of religious material. The work was aimed at schoolchildren, with Snowden writing that the style was chosen as the style "most suitable to the capacities of young people". The work was published with verse numbers and used "Old English".

In the work, modern place names are replaced with archaic-sounding names, e.g. France is call Gaul.

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The American Revolution: written in scriptural, or, ancient historical style Wikipedia