#it's the first one i clicked on but the writing style is distressingly dry

[publicdomainbooksdevotee]

So bold was [Joe Disberry, thief] that, according to reminiscences preserved by early settlers, he was known to enter the kitchen of a dwelling when the family were in bed, start up a fire, cook a meal and eat at his leisure. If disturbed in this agreeable occupation he relied on his swiftness of foot to escape.

The more things change…

#didn't know revolutionary era pennsylvania had a famous thief #it's the first one i clicked on but the writing style is distressingly dry #i thought this would be like interesting newspaper anecdotes but it seems to be more history #daily stories of pennsylvania #public domain books #came back to add more tags: #i thought this book was going to be daily life stories from the 20s but it's a series of daily history stories…from the 20s #it's also not very well written so i give up on it. no more quotes #i would also file this one under 'worse than usual' on the racism front