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The Fighting Parson of the American Revolution: A Biography of General Peter Muhlenberg

The Fighting Parson of the American Revolution: A Biography of General Peter Muhlenberg - Paperback

by Edward W. Hocker
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Availability:In StockContributor:Edward W. Hocker, Lawrence K. KnorrPublish date:2019-12-02Pages:186
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Distelfink PressISBN-13:9781620062982ISBN-10:1620062984UPC:9781620062982Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United StatesBook Topic:Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.43 inchesWeight:0.6195Product ID:SCD1NZ4RK6

Major General Peter Muhlenberg, born in Trappe, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, was one of the more effective military leaders during the American Revolution, rising to the rank of Major General at war's end. Known for the "Muhlenberg Myth," the young minister, then from Woodstock, Virginia, rallied his parishioners to the cause and then led many of them into battle, though he likely never wore his military uniform in the church. Loyal to George Washington to the last, it was Muhlenberg, a Lutheran minister, who arranged for the official memorial service to be at Zion's Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. Non-partisan in his politics, Muhlenberg served in the Congress and worked with both Federalists and Jeffersonians. Peter Muhlenberg was one of two Pennsylvanians honored in Statuary Hall in the Capitol building. For many years, his story has inspired Pennsylvania Germans and deserves to be remembered for posterity.

This 2nd edition of Edward Hocker's 1936 biography has been newly edited and revised. It has been enhanced with nearly 100 images and an index.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Distelfink PressISBN-13:9781620062982ISBN-10:1620062984UPC:9781620062982Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United StatesBook Topic:Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.43 inchesWeight:0.6195Product ID:SCD1NZ4RK6
Hocker, Edward W.: - Edward W. Hocker was a librarian at the Germantown Historical Society, a local historian, and a journalist who wrote the popular column "Up and Down Montgomery County." Hocker was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania in 1872. His father, a German immigrant, was granted American citizenship after fighting in the Civil War. Edward became a newspaperman soon after graduating from high school, working for the Norristown Review and the Philadelphia Press. After he married Frances Moser and moved to the Germantown section of Philadelphia in 1903, Hocker accepted a post as editor of the Independent Gazette. He was an active member of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania and of the Germantown and Montgomery County Historical Societies. He wrote extensively on genealogy, Pennsylvania German history, and the history of Germantown and Montgomery County. His best-known works include the books Germantown, 1683-1933 and History of Trinity Lutheran Church, Germantown, Philadelphia, 1836-1936, and the Times Herald column "Up and Down Montgomery County" (under the pen name "Norris"). Hocker died in 1962.
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2nd Revised Edition

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Edward W. Hocker, Lawrence K. Knorr

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Edward W. Hocker

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