1801 The Life, Adventures and Opinions of Col. George Hanger Leather 2 Volumes

Description: 1801 The Life, Adventures and Opinions of Col. George Hanger written by himself Leather 2 Volumes First Edition Bookplate Sir R.W. Vaughan, Bart Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, 2nd Baronet[1] (29 March 1768 – 22 April 1843) was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons for 40 years from 1792 to 1836 Hanger, George. "The Life, Adventures and Opinions of Col. George Hanger" (Two Volumes) Printed for J. Debrett, London, 1801. Two Volume Set. Size 5.75” x 8.5/8” George Hanger (1751-1824) left Eton to become a soldier, and served throughout the American Revolutionary War, serving as Henry Clinton's aide-de-camp at Charlestown. This work, compiled by William Combe, includes Hanger's prophecy(See Picture 9) p.427, one of these days the Northern and Southern powers will fight as vigourously against each other as the both have united to do against the British'. Hanger was also one of the close companions of the Prince Regent, but later the Colonel 'became somewhat too free and coarse for the royal taste.' DNB describes this work as an 'unsavoury book'; it includes additional sections on how to correct immorality, 'Advice to the Lovely Cyprians, and to the fair sex in general', a witty disquisition on the views of William Godwin, and 'On the Misery of Female Prostitution.' The chapter headings alone, for example: 'The History of the Lovely Ægyptia, the Pamela of Norwood, and Paragon of the Ægyptian Race; the Author's Marriage with her, and her cruel Infidelity and Elopement with a Travelling Tinker,' and '. a History of the King's Bench Prison This work, actually ghostwritten by William Combe, covers a variety of topics on which Hanger had opinions, thus only part of the book is of American concern; that part, however, is of great interest for the Revolution. Hanger went to New York in 1778 and was sent to Savannah the following year. He took part in the siege of Charleston, mustered Loyalists in the Carolinas, and fought under Cornwallis in North Carolina in 1780, including service as Tarleton's second- in-command. He was recuperating from yellow fever in Bermuda when the battle of Yorktown took place, and was back in New York from 1781 until the final British evacuation in 1783. Page two of the text in the first volume includes a wood-engraved illustration of a hanging man, punning on his name Keep in mind the shipping price also covers handling fees, packaging materials & time, not just postage. Shipping with Insurance. Shipping Calculator is often wrong please contact me for an accurate international shipping price. See our eBay store for thousands of our other items. B12

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