| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 111.5

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Frank Lambert. James Habersham: Loyalty, Politics, and Commerce in Colonial Georgia.(Wormsloe Foundation Publications, number 24.) Athens: University of Georgia Press. 2005. Pp. 197. $34.95.
A superior biography must not simply tell the story of one person's life but must also recreate the larger world in which the character under study lived. Frank Lambert's excellent examination of James Habersham successfully accomplishes both goals. Using this colonial Georgian's eventful life as a touchstone, Lambert deepens our understanding of both eighteenth-century Georgia and the Atlantic world. Born in 1715, Habersham experienced a world as complex as our own, and Lambert effectively demonstrates how this individual dealt with the many political, religious, and economic transformations of his age. The one constant in Habersham's life, Lambert argues, was loyalty. Throughout his life, Habersham remained steadfastly loyal to his family, to God, to Georgia, and, in the end, to the empire. Although not without some shortcomings, this biography is well worth reading.	1
Two forces influenced Habersham's formative years: commerce and Christianity. Born into an artisan family in northern England, Habersham was orphaned at a young age. This event led the youth to London, where he apprenticed with a merchant uncle. Under his kinsman's guidance, Habersham quickly demonstrated superb mercantile abilities. In the 1730s, Habersham also underwent a powerful conversion to Christianity after hearing one of George Whitefield's sermons. In 1738, Habersham's association and eventual friendship with the Methodist leader led him to the new colony of Georgia. Committed to spreading the gospel, Habersham worked with Whitefield to establish an orphanage outside Savannah where parentless children could learn practical skills and hear the Lord's word.	. . .

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