The Delectable Country is an historical novel

Historical novel

According to Encyclopædia Britannica, a historical novel is-Development:An early example of historical prose fiction is Luó Guànzhōng's 14th century Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which covers one of the most important periods of Chinese history and left a lasting impact on Chinese culture.The...

 by the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 writer Leland Baldwin (1897–1981) set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

.

The Whiskey Rebellion

Whiskey Rebellion

The Whiskey Rebellion, or Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington. Farmers who sold their corn in the form of whiskey had to pay a new tax which they strongly resented...

 is brewing in the 1790s as protagonist David Braddee, aged nineteen, pilots his foster father's keelboat

Keelboat

Keelboat has two distinct meanings related to two different types of boats: one a riverine cargo-capable working boat, and the other a classification for small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yachts.-Historical keel-boats:...

 to a difficult landing at the frontier town of Pittsburgh, after a trip up the Mississippi

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

 and Ohio River

Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...

s from New Orleans.

See also

Other novels that employ events of the Whiskey Rebellion:

• The Whiskey Rebels
  The Whiskey Rebels
  The Whiskey Rebels is an historical novel by American writer David Liss, inspired by events in the early history of the United States. According to Liss , "This novel, in many respects, details the events that led up to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794".-Synopsis:Despite the title, the novel's action...
  
  (2008)
• Wilderness Boy
  Wilderness Boy
  Wilderness Boy is an historical, young-adult novel by the American writer Margery Evernden.It is set in 1794 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, just south of Pittsburgh, it tells the story of sixteen-year-old Jonathon Garrett, who while on an errand for his frontier doctor uncle, is accosted by...
  
  (1955)
• The Latimers
  The Latimers
  The Latimers : A Tale of the Western Insurrection of 1794 is an historical novel by the American writer and Presbyterian clergyman Henry Christopher McCook set in 1790s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
  
  (1898)