The Entailed Hat
- Cambridge, MD Tidewater Publishers 1955
- 565 pages
In 'The Entailed Hat; Or, Patty Cannon's Times,' George Alfred Townsend masterfully weaves a narrative rich in the historical nuances of the early 19th-century Delmarva Peninsula. The novel explores the macabre dealings of Patty Cannon, a notorious figure associated with kidnapping free African Americans and selling them into slavery.