People of the Wachusett
Subtitle: greater New England in history and memory, 1630-1860
By: David Jaffee.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Cities and towns -- New England -- History.; Land settlement -- New England -- History.; Frontier and pioneer life -- New England -- History.; New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New England -- History -- 1775-1865.; New England -- History, Local.
Description: "Nashaway Became Lancaster, the Wachusett became Princeton, and all of Nipmuc Country became the County of Worcester."--BOOK JACKET.

"In People of the Wachusett the history of the New England town becomes the cultural history of America's first frontier. Integral to this history are the firsthand narratives of town founders and citizens - English, French, and Native American - whose accounts of trading and warring, relocating and putting down roots proved essential to the building of these communities.

Town plans, local records, broadside ballads, vernacular house forms and furniture, popular festivals - all come into play in this innovative book, giving us a rich and intimate picture of early Americans caught up in the process of creating towns and crafting historical memory."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295) and index.