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Nelson, John K.,
A BLESSED COMPANY: Parishes, Parsons, and Parishioners in Anglican Virginia, 1690-1776
. NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. (Chapel Hill: University of North
Carolina Press, 2001). Illustrations, appendices, extensive notes, index, 477 pages.
~~~ "In this book, John Nelson reconstructs everyday Anglican religious practice and
experience in Virginia from the end of the seventeenth century to the start of the American
Revolution. Challenging previous characterizations of the colonial Anglican establishment as
weak, he reveals the fundamental role the church played in the political, social, and economic
as well as the spiritual lives of its parishioners. Drawing on extensive research in parish
and county records and other primary sources, Nelson describes Anglican Virginia's parish
system, its parsons, its rituals of worship and rites of passage, and its parishioners'
varied relationships to the church. All colonial Virginians—men and women, rich and poor,
young and old, planters and merchants, servants and slaves, dissenters and freethinkers -—
belonged to a parish. As such, they were subject to its levies, its authority over marriage,
and other social and economic dictates. In addition to its religious functions, the parish
provided essential care for the poor, collaborated with the courts to handle civil disputes,
and exerted its influence over many other aspects of community life. ~~~ A Blessed Company
demonstrates that, by creatively adapting Anglican parish organization and the language,
forms, and modes of Anglican spirituality to the Chesapeake's distinctive environmental and
human conditions, colonial Virginians sustained a remarkably effective and faithful Anglican
church in the Old Dominion."
~~~ Currently in print at $49.95.
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Newcomb, Benjamin H.,
POLITICAL PARTISANSHIP IN THE AMERICA MIDDLE COLONIES, 1700-1776
. Louisiana State University Press, 1995. NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Notes, appendices, bibliography, index, 258 pages. ""Newcomb's study of
Colonial American politics explores the origin of what the author terms the
American party system through the lens of the 'new' political history. Newcomb
focuses on three middle colonies: New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. He
argues . . . that personal factions transformed themselves into political
parties and dominated the political scene in each of these colonies by the time
of the American Revolution. {According to Newcomb},this transformation occurred
in several, often nonlinear, stages. The chief difference between these groups
and their 19th-century counterparts, he asserts, was organization and the
structure of political institutions." (Choice)
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Newman, Peter C,
CAESARS OF THE WILDERNESS
Viking, Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 1987., Markham: 1987, NEW. Hardcover in DJ.
9.5x6.5. Maps, illustrations notes, chronology, bibliography, index, 450 pp.
Volume II of Newman's epic history of the Hudson's Bay Company.
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Ogg, Frederic Austin,
THE OPENING OF THE MISSISSIPPI: THE STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY IN THE AMERICAN
INTERIOR. Haskell House, 1969. First published 1904., NEW copy.
Blue boards without dust jacket, as issued. Notes, index, 670 pp. (Currently in
print at $59.95).
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[Paine] Alfred Owen Aldridge,
THOMAS PAINE'S AMERICAN IDEOLOGY.
. NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket.
University of Delaware Press, 1984.
328 pages. "This book analyzes the entire spectrum of Paine's intellectual career between
1775 and 1787, not merely his attitude toward American independence. The author
summarizes Paine's writings as an apprentice magazine editor, sketches the
publishing history of Common Sense, explains its major philosophical doctrines
and contemporary issues, and indicates the relations of these ideas to earlier
manifestations. "
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Paine, Thomas,
COMMON SENSE, THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND OTHER ESSENTIAL WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE.
. NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK.
Meridian Books. With an introduction by Sidney Hook.
287 pages. "The eighteenth century was an age
of both enlightenment and of revolution. No
man more dramatically embodied this spirit of
knowledge and change than did Thomas Paine. One
of the world's most eloquent and persuasive
proponents of human liberty and democracy,
Paine stirred the hearts and minds of men to
action. His writings were key factors in both
the American and French revolutions and remain
among the most forcefully phrased and cogent
arguments for the cause of human freedom.
Included in this edition are the complete texts
of Common Sense, and The Rights of Man, as well
as major selections from The
Crisis."
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Paine, Thomas,
RIGHTS OF MAN.
. NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK.
Penguin American Library. With an introduction by Sidney Hook.
287 pages. "Originally published in 1791, Rights of Man is unquestionably one of the great
classics on the subject of democracy. Paines' vast influence on our system of
government is due less to his eloquence and literary style, than to his
steadfast bravery and determination to promote justice and
equality.
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Papenfuse, Edward C,
IN PURSUIT OF PROFIT: THE ANNAPOLIS MERCHANTS IN THE ERA OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION.
John Hopkins, 1975. NEW copy. Illustrations, charts, appendices,
notes, bibliography, index, 288 pp. (In print at $49.95).
$40.00
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(Penn), Treese, Lorett,
THE STORM GATHERING: THE PENN FAMILY & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Pennsylvania State University Press., 1992. As new condition. Slight crimping
to dust jacket at top of spine. Plates, appendices, notes, bibliography, index,
245 pages. "Focusing on Thomas and John Penn, this book presents the first
study of what happened to Penn's proprietorship after his death, tracing the
role of his descendants in the advent of the American Revolution."
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 (Penn), Tully, Alan,
WILLIAM PENN'S LEGACY: POLITICS & SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN PROVINCIAL PENNSYLVANIA,
1726-1755.
Johns Hopkins University Press., 1977. F/NF. Minor small tears to spine-ends of
dust jacket, otherwise in As New condition. Appendices, extensive notes,
bibliographic essay, index, 255 pages. "A massively learned, richly documented
analysis of colonial Pennsylvania.
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Lindasy, David,
MAYFLOWER BASTARD: A Stranger Among the Pilgrims.
. NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Remainder dot on bottom edge (page edges) of book.
(NY: St Martin's Press, 2002). First Edition. Notes,
bibliography, index, 262 pages.
~~~ David Lindsay, researching old records to learn details of
the life of his ancestor, Richard More, soon found himself in the
position of the Sorcerer's Apprentice -- wherever he looked for one
item, ten more appeared. What he found illuminated not only More's own
life but painted a clear and satisfying picture of the way the First
Comers, Saints and Strangers alike, set off for the new land, suffered
the voyage on the Mayflower, and put down their roots to thrive on our
continent's northeastern shore. From the story, Richard emerges as a
man of questionable morals, much enterprise, and a good deal of
old-fashioned pluck, a combination that could get him into trouble --
and often did. He lived to father several children, to see, near the
end of his life, a friend executed as a witch in Salem, and to be read
out of the church for unseemly behavior. Mayflower Bastard lets readers
see history in a new light by turning an important episode into a
personal experience.
~~~ Originally in print at $23.95, now OUT OF PRINT..
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Philbrick, Nathaniel,
MAYFLOWER: A Story of Courage, Community, and War.
. NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket.
(Viking, 2006). First Edition. Map on endpages. Illustrations, notes,
bibliography, index, 699 pages.
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From Kirkus Reviews:
Known for his special talent with a sea story, National Book
Award-winner Philbrick (Sea of Glory, 2003, etc.) here uses the
Pilgrims' perilous Atlantic crossing as mere prelude to an even more
harrowing tale of survival in an alien land. From the voyage of the
Mayflower to the conclusion 56 years later of King Philip's War, this
is a sensitive treatment of the transplanted Europeans' encountering of
and clashes with the native tribes of the New World, all of which
prefigured in many important respects the development of later American
colonies. The strict discipline of the Pilgrims' intense spiritual
commitment, responsible in many ways for the colony's initial success,
inevitably gave rise to later political and religious schisms.
Notwithstanding the forging of the Mayflower Compact, their political
and economic lifeline stretched, vulnerably, across the ocean. More
than anything, survival depended on alliances with Native Americans,
and Philbrick excels at exploding commonly accepted notions about this
complicated relationship. The Pilgrims were by no means the first
Europeans in New England. Explorers and fishermen had already brought
contagious diseases to the continent and decimated local populations.
Nor had these visitors arrived at some Eden innocent of conflict. The
tribes had engaged in diplomacy and warfare for centuries; they used
the Pilgrims to shift balances of power among themselves. In
Philbrick's graceful retelling of a story many think they already
know, the virtues and vices of each culture are given their due, and
the complexities of the conflict between and among them explored.
Prominent roles are assigned to such well-known names as Squanto,
Samoset, Massasoit andhis son Philip, who (with the help of obtuse
Governor Josiah Winslow) touched off the regional war that bears his
name. The Indians contended with the likes of William Bradford, Miles
Standish and Benjamin Church, who appears to have lived the role of
Natty Bumpo well before James Fenimore Cooper imagined such a character.
A remarkably sensitive account: 21st-century readers could ask for no
more insightful reinterpretation of America's founding myth.
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Seelye, John D.,
MEMORY'S NATION: The Place of Plymouth Rock.
NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. (Chapel Hill: University of
North Carolina Press, 1998). First Edition. Illustrations,
bibliography, index, 699 pages.
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Long celebrated as a symbol of the country's origins, Plymouth Rock no
longer receives much national attention. In fact, historians now generally
agree that the Pilgrims' storied landing on the Rock never actually took
place - the tradition having emerged more than a century after the
arrival of the Mayflower.
In Memory's Nation, however, John
Seelye is not interested in the factual truth of the landing. He
argues that what truly gives Plymouth Rock its significance is more
than two centuries of oratorical, literary, and artistic celebrations
of the Pilgrims' arrival. Drawing on a wealth of speeches, paintings,
and popular illustrations, Seelye demonstrates how Plymouth Rock
changed in meaning over the years, beginning as a symbol of freedom
evoked in patriotic sermons at the start of the Revolution and
eventually becoming a symbol of exclusion during the 1920s. In a
concluding chapter, Seelye notes the continuing popularity of Plymouth
Rock as a tourist attraction, affirming that, at least in New England,
the Pilgrim advent still has meaning. But as he demonstrates throughout
the book, the Rock was from the beginning a regional symbol,
associated with New England's attempts to assert its importance as the
starting point for what became the American Republic.
~~~ Currently in print at $55.
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Plane, Ann Marie,
COLONIAL INTIMACIES: Indian Marriage in Early New England.
NEW copy, hardcover with dust jacket. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000).
First Edition. Illustrations, extensive notes, index, 252 pages.
~~~ Native American marital relations and domestic lives were anathema to English Christians in colonial
Massachusetts. The complex interplay between colonial power and native practice is treated with subtlety and wisdom
in Colonial Intimacies. Ann Marie Plane uses travel narratives, missionary tracts, and legal records to reconstruct
a previously neglected history. Plane's careful reading of fragmentary sources yields both conclusive and fittingly
speculative findings, and her interpretations form an intimate picture, moving and often tragic, of the familial
bonds of Native Americans in the first century and a half of European contact.
~~~ Paperback edition currently in print at $18.95; hardcover OUT OF PRINT.
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[Pontiac] Francis Parkman,
THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC AND THE INDIAN WAR AFTER THE CONQUEST OF CANADA
. NEW copy. TRADE PAPERBACK. TWO VOLUMES. Heritage Books, 2005.
Reprint of the 1901 edition. Illustrations, maps, ndex, 928 pages. "Destined to melt
and vanish before the advancing waves of Anglo-American power, the Indians of North
America saw the danger, and, led by a great and daring champion, struggled fiercely
to avert it. This classic and comprehensive study examines the catalysts, personalities,
places, battles and consequences of Pontiac’s War. In his unique narrative style,
Parkman describes the various tribes, the effect of the advance of French and English
colonization, the interrelationships and rivalries, the wilderness environment, the
attacks on Detroit and Michilimackinac, Bradstreet’s army on the lakes, the battle of
Bushy Run, and the death of Pontiac. Several appendices add interest to the narrative,
including Robert Rogers’ play, Ponteach. Reprinted from the attractive 'Frontenac
Edition' which appeared 19 years after the first edition, this landmark 2-volume set
incorporates material that was found in the intervening period, the most interesting
of which were the important Bouquet and Haldimand Papers. These papers contained hundreds
of letters from officers engaged in Pontiac’s War, and among the startling facts which
they bring to light are the proposal of the Commander-in-Chief to infect the hostile
tribes with smallpox, and that of a distinguished subordinate officer to take revenge
on the Indians by permitting an unrestricted sale of rum."
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[Pontiac], Howard H. Peckham,
LIFE IN DETROIT UNDER PONTIAC'S SIEGE.
Wayne State University Press, 1964, for the Detroit Historical
Society., VG, no obvious flaws & no ownership marks. Pictorial
olive wraps. 5"x 7.75". 24 pp plus introduction. A lecture by
one of the leading frontier America scholars of his day and the author of
PONTIAC AND THE INDIAN UPRISING (1947). Nicely printed on fine paper. SCARCE.
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