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The Chronicles of John Cannon, Excise Officer and Writing Master, Part 2

1734-43 (Somerset)

edited by John Money

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2010
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780197264553
    Publish Date
    Oct 2010
    List Price
    $110.00

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Description

John Cannon, known to some as 'the poor man's Pepys', was the self-taught son of a Somerset farmer. Though some episodes in Cannon's life have been partially drawn upon in other studies, this edition is the first full scale study enabling Cannon and his world to be understood in their entirety.

The manuscript he wrote over nearly 60 years offers a remarkably candid autobiography, crowded with people of all ranks in hundreds of different places, roles and occupations. His Chronicles also record virtually all aspects of change, at a social level seldom so continuously documented in any period, as they were experienced and observed in significant regions of the country, during a crucial span of British history.

Part 1 covers the time Cannon spent as a schoolmaster in Glastonbury. (Part 1 covers the period 1684-1733.)

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Contributor Notes

John Money is Professor Emeritus at the University of Victoria in Canada.