Human Tradition in Colonial America

A very rich collection that explores the enormous diversity of the people of colonial America. For all their differences they had one huge problem in common: trying to live in a difficult world that was new to them all. Here is the true beginning of Ameri

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Meeting Colonial AmericansChapter 2 Alvar N?Òez Cabeza de Vaca: Conquistador and SojournerChapter 3 Squanto: Last of the PatuxetChapter 4 Gabriel Sagard: A Franciscan among the HuronChapter 5 Anne Hutchinson, the Puritan Patriarchs, and the Power of the SpiritChapter 6 In Search of PocahontasChapter 7 Daniel Clocker's Adventure: From Servant to FreeholderChapter 8 John Cotton Jr.: Wayward Puritan Minister?Chapter 9 Isabel Montour: Cultural Broker on the Frontiers of New York and PennsylvaniaChapter 10 Caspar Wistar: German-American Entrepreneur and Cultural BrokerChapter 11 Lewis Morris Jr.: British American OfficeholderChapter 12 Pierre Pouchot: A French Soldier Views AmericaChapter 13 George Whitefield: Transatlantic RevivalistChapter 14 Samson Occom: Mohegan Leader and Cultural BrokerChapter 15 Susannah Johnson: CaptiveChapter 16 Bryan Sheehan: Servant, Soldier, FishermanChapter 17 Olaudah Equiano: An African in Slavery and FreedomChapter 18 Index