Seasons of misery : catastrophe and colonial settlement in Early America /
The stories we tell of American beginnings typically emphasize colonial triumph in the face of adversity. But the early years of English settlement in America were characterized by catastrophe: starvation, disease, extreme violence, ruinous ignorance, and serial abandonment. This book offers a reexa...
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2014]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Early American studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : unsettlement
- Roanoke : left in Virginia
- Jamestown : things that seemed incredible
- Plymouth : scarce able to bury their dead
- Barbados : wild extravagance
- Afterword : standing half-amazed.