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1) New England frontier: Puritans and Indians, 1620-1675

Author

Vaughan, Alden T

Language

English

Description

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"Presents an interpretation of Puritan-Indian relations between 1620 and 1675, arguing that the first two generations of Puritan settlers had relatively cordial relationships with their Native neighbors."--

2) Bootleggers, lobstermen & lumberjacks: fifty of the grittiest moments in the history of hardscrabble New England

Author

Mayo, Matthew P

Publisher

Globe Pequot

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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The story of New England is built on an endless armature of fascinating tales of Yankee ingenuity and hardy, intrepid characters. Bootleggers, Lobstermen, and Lumberjacks takes the top fifty wildest episodes in the region's bygone days and presents them to the reader in one convenient, narrative-driven package. Including incredible but true tales of hardy Yankee hill folk and crusty seafarers engaged in all manner of amazing activity—from

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3) In colonial New England

Author

Kent, Deborah

Series

How we lived

Publisher

Benchmark Books

Pub. Date

2000.

Language

English

Description

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Describes various aspects of the life of early settlers in New England including their homes, schools, religion, work, and community.

4) Pioneer Irish in New England

Author

O'Brien, Michael Joseph

Language

English

5) New England captives carried to Canada between 1677 and 1760, during the French and Indian wars

Author

Coleman, Emma Lewis

Language

English

6) The eastern frontier: the settlement of northern New England, 1610-1763

Author

Clark, Charles E

Language

English

Description

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"An account of the settlement of southern New Hampshire and southern Maine before 1763, with an emphasis on the development of a distinctive culture."--

7) Puritanism and the wilderness: the intellectual significance of the New England frontier, 1629-1700

Author

Carroll, Peter N

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Pub. Date

[1969]

Language

English

8) New England encounters: Indians and Euroamericans ca. 1600-1850

Publisher

Northeastern University Press

Pub. Date

[1999]

Language

English

9) Women of the wilderness

Author

Bell, Margaret

Publisher

E.P. Dutton & co., inc

Pub. Date

1938.

Language

English

10) Dawnland encounters: Indians and Europeans in northern New England

Publisher

University Press of New England

Pub. Date

[1991]

Language

English

11) The Yankee pioneers: a saga of courage

Author

Pettengill, Samuel B

Publisher

C. E. Tuttle Co

Pub. Date

[1971]

Language

English

12) People of the Wachusett: greater New England in history and memory, 1630-1860

Author

Jaffee, David

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Pub. Date

[1999]

Language

English

13) The primrose way

Author

Koller, Jackie French

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Pub. Date

1992.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10

Language

English

Description

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A recent arrival to the New World in 1633, sixteen-year-old Rebekah, a missionary's daughter, befriends a Native American woman and begins to question whether these "savages" need saving after all.