"The history of the English Settlement of Edwards County, presented in this volume, can not fail to be read with avidity by all interested in the history of Illinois. The author, George Flower, was no ordinary man. He has left the impress of his character and his services upon the State, and his name will always be honorably associated with the colony he helped to found. Very few abler men than Morris Birkbeck and George Flower have illustrated the history of our Commonwealth. Mr. Birkbeck died before his work was accomplished, but not before he had acquired a name and a fame for the great service he had rendered in saving the State of his adoption from the curse of slavery. The services of George Flower, and his father, Richard Flower, in the same connection, entitle them, as well as Mr. Birkbeck, to the lasting gratitude of the people of Illinois. The narrative of Mr. Flower is simple and unpretending in its recitals, and it bears the impress of sincerity and truth. The story of the struggles, the labors, and the sufferings of the early colonists, the picturesque descriptions of scenes and events, give to the work all the interest of a romance."
George Flower
(1909), 2007, CD-ROM, Graphic Images, Searchable, Adobe v6, PC or Mac, 312 pp.
ISBN: 9780788437724
101-CD3772
