The forgotten history of America
Subtitle: stories of lasting importance from the colonies before 1776
By: Cormac O'Brien.
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Beverly, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781592333028
Subjects: United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Intrepid survivors become the first men of the old world to span the new; title: Spain plants the earliest permanent European settlement in North America; title: Puritan New England's first major war and a dreadful harbinger of things to come; title: The first female defendant of the new world tests the tolerances of Puritan righteousness; title: The five nations invade the West and solidify an Iroquoian empire; title: The English steal a colony and gain a metropolis; title: Indian Sachem ignites a conflict that changes New England forever; title: A New England carpenter changes the calculus of war with the Indians; title: Race war, class conflict, and naked ambition create a combustive combination on the Virginia frontier; title: Bostonians reject the royal prerogative and oust the governor of New England; title: A New England minister's ordeal highlights the clash of America's cultures; title: A costly colonial war nearly wipes South Carolina from the map, 1715; title: Scalp-hunting in the wilds of New Hampshire spawns an enduring American legend; title: America strikes a blow for Britannia and draws further away from the empire in the process; title: A novice named Washington helps spark a world war, 1754; title: Victory against all odds marks the swan song of New France, 1758; title: America's founding ranger makes history with a dubious enterprise; title: British victory in the French and Indian War sparks a conflict of unprecedented proportions.