Seasons of Misery: Catastrophe and Colonial Settlement in Early America (Early American Studies)
"A provocative and remarkably original contribution that considers the agony of settlement in early America. Donegan writes so beautifully that readers might miss the audacity and innovation of her argument."—Jill Lepore, Harvard University"Harrowing, moving, and revelatory,Seasons of Miseryoffers up a new and unfamiliar vision of the settlement of early America—one that tells of unsettlement and trauma at the heart of the experience of early colonialism and encounter. In stunning prose, Donegan opens a heretofore unseen space in narratives of early America and the field of early American studies."—Elizabeth Maddock Dillon, Northeastern University"Elegantly written and persuasively argued,Seasons of Miseryprovides sophisticated close readings of the early historical eyewitness accounts of English settlements in the New World."—Ralph Bauer, University of Maryland