Biographies of colonial America : Sir Walter Raleigh, Powhatan, Phillis Wheatley, and more / edited by Sherman Hollar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollar, Sherman.

Contributor:

Hollar, Sherman, editor.

Series:

Impact on America. Collective biographies.

Impact on America : collective biographies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Biography.

United States.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.

United States--History--1783-1815--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2013.

New York : Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Religious freedom, economic security, and the allure of a second chance drew thousands of settlers away from their European homeland to the shores of what would one day become the United States. Under their tireless watch, new colonies were established, new traditions, customs, and practices cultivated. This captivating volume profiles many of the individuals who sought to fulfill the promise of the New World, from explorers to religious and political leaders to writers who captured the spirit of the time, as well as those native inhabitants who strove both to preserve their ways of life and t

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; CH 1 SIR WALTER RALEIGH; CH 2 VIRGINIA DARE; CH 3 LORDS BALTIMORE; CH 4 JOHN SMITH; CH 5 POWHATAN; CH 6 MASSASOIT; CH 7 SQUANTO; CH 8 MILES STANDISH; CH 9 JOHN COTTON; CH 10 JOHN ENDECOTT; CH 11 JOHN WINTHROP; CH 12 WILLIAM BRADFORD; CH 13 THOMAS MORTON; CH 14 ANNE HUTCHINSON; CH 15 PETER STUYVESANT; CH 16 POCAHONTAS; CH 17 THE MATHER FAMILY; CH 18 JOHN AND PRISCILLA ALDEN; CH 19 MARGARET BRENT; CH 20 ROGER WILLIAMS; CH 21 JOHN ELIOT; CH 22 MARY DYER; CH 23 ANNE BRADSTREET; CH 24 MARY ROWLANDSON; CH 25 JACOB LEISLER

CH 26 WILLIAM PENNCH 27 EDWARD TAYLOR; CH 28 NATHANIEL BACON; CH 29 SAMUEL SEWALL; CH 30 SARAH KEMBLE KNIGHT; CH 31 WILLIAM BYRD; CH 32 JOHN SMIBERT; CH 33 JAMES OGLETHORPE; CH 34 JOHN PETER ZENGER; CH 35 JOHN BARTRAM; CH 36 JONATHAN EDWARDS; CH 37 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN; CH 38 GEORGE WHITEFIELD; CH 39 JOHN WOOLMAN; CH 40 GEORGE CROGHAN; CH 41 PONTIAC; CH 42 SAMSON OCCUM; CH 43 BENJAMIN BANNEKER; CH 44 DANIEL BOONE; CH 45 PHILLIS WHEATLEY; CONCLUSION; GLOSSARY; FOR MORE INFORMATION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613669162

9781280692222

1280692227

9781615307180

1615307184

OCLC:

871045305