TY - BOOK AU - Moyer,Paul Benjamin ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Wild Yankees: the struggle for independence along Pennsylvania's revolutionary frontier AV - F157.W9 M75 2007 U1 - 974.8/01 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Susquehanna Claim, 1753-1808 KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Pennsylvania KW - Wyoming Valley KW - Indians of North America KW - History KW - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) KW - Electronic books N1 - Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--College of William and Mary, 1999; Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index; Introduction : a farmer's revolution -- "Among quarrelsome Yankees, insidious Indians, and lonely wilds" : natives, colonists, and the Wyoming controversy -- "A great many wrangling disputes" : authority, allegiance, property, and the frontier war for independence -- "A dangerous combination of villains" : the social context of agrarian resistance -- "All the difficulties of forming a new settlement" : frontier migration, land speculation, and settler insurgency -- "A perfect union with the people" : cultures of resistance along the revolutionary frontier -- "Poor and ignorant but industrious settlers" : frontier development and the path to accommodation -- "Artful deceivers" : Yankee notables and the resolution of the Wyoming controversy -- Epilogue : closing the revolutionary frontier; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3138191 ER -