Jonathan Corncob Visits Barbados: Excerpts from a Little-Known 18th Century Novel

2006 (F. Brady and J. Handler) “Jonathan Corncob Visits Barbados: Excerpts from a Little-Known 18th Century Novel.”  JBMHS 52: 17-34.

Published in 1787, this obscure satirical novel written by an author who to this day remains anonymous treats the adventures of a young man from Massachusetts during the period of the American Revolution. During the course of his adventures, Corncob spends some time in Barbados, and the three brief chapters that depict this visit are reproduced here with historical notes by the editors.

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