Indian New England Before the Mayflower

Name: Indian New England Before the Mayflower
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ISBN: 9780874512557

ISBN-10: 0874512557

ISBN-13: 9780874512557

Edition: 1983

Authors: Howard S. Russell

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In offering here a highly readable yet comprehensive description of New England's Indians as they lived when European settlers first met them, the author provides a well-rounded picture of the natives as neither savages nor heroes, but fellow human beings existing at a particular time and in a particular environment. He dispels once and for all the common notion of native New England as peopled by a handful of savages wandering in a trackless wilderness. In sketching the picture the author has had help from such early explorers as Verrazano, Champlain, John Smith, and a score of literate sailors; Pilgrims and Puritans; settlers, travelers, military men, and missionaries. A surprising…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1983
Publisher: University Press of New England
Publication date: 6/1/1983
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English