Title: Bombast and broadsides :
Authors: Fabel, Robin F. A.,
Date: 1987
Publisher: University of Alabama Press,
Physical description: 249 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, portraits ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC classification: D
Abstract: "Through research in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Kew, London, Philadelphia, and Washington in largely unpublished manuscripts, together with the use of secondary sources, the author has been able to present the first coherent picture of Johnstone, a vigorous and intelligent but turbulent and always controversial figure. Johnstone was effective as a colonial governor at a difficult time; in the navy he performed several coups de main; in parliament he was formidable in debate but an opportunist; and at East India House he was a doughty, conservative, and largely successful defender of the proprietary interest."--Publisher.
Contents: Johnstone family tree -- Man of war -- "Emporium of the new world" -- The guerrilla of Leadenhall Street -- "Man of business" -- A Philadelphia story -- Gunpowder and port -- The broad pendant wavers -- Final appointments -- Conclusion.
Notes: Spine title: Bombast & broadsides. Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Governors--West Florida--Biography.; Great Britain--History--George II, 1727-1760.; Great Britain. Royal Navy--Biography.; Johnstone, George, 1730-1787.; Legislators--Great Britain--Biography.