@book{1, keywords = {Whiskey Rebellion, servants, pioneers, Scots-Irish Americans, Irish Americans, farms}, author = {Hugh Henry Brackenridge}, title = {Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago and Teague O'Regan, His Servant}, abstract = {The first known Pittsburgh novel, and one of the first American novels, is a satirical ramble about John Farrago, a sort of Don Quixote on the new nation's Western frontier. On a whim, John leaves his farm outside of Pittsburgh with his witless, Sancho-Panza-like Irish sidekick, Teague O'Regan, "to ride about the world a little" and "see how things were going on here and there," and "observe human nature."}, year = {1792}, pages = {336 p.}, publisher = {John McCulloch}, address = {Philadelphia}, note = {The novel was first published by installment over a 28-year period. The 1792 edition grew over the years into four books; in 1815 a revised and complete four-volume set was published.}, language = {English}, }