New Sweden on the Delaware / Christopher Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, Christopher, Author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swedes--United States.

Swedes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.) : 1 illus.

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

No detailed description available for "New Sweden on the Delaware".

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

1. The Swedes and the Great Gustavus

2. A Prospectus and a Ropewalk

3. Two Swedes, and Three Dutchmen

4. A Landfall and a Little Fort

5. Primeval Forests and Neolithic Men

6. Difficulties and Discouragements

7. Welcome Dutchmen and Unwelcome Englishmen

8. The Forest-Destroying Finns

9. Printz, the Big Swede

10. Printz as Empire-Builder

11. Printz as Jurist

12. Printz as Diplomat

13. Printz as a Man of Action

14. Printz and Stuyvesant

15. A Homesick Handful

16. The Katt’s Catastrophe

17. New Sweden at Its Zenith

18. The Coming of the Dutch and the Building of Casimir

19. Disappointment and Discord

20. The Character of a Governor

21. The Character of a Queen

22. The Voyage of a Plague Ship

23. An Argument and Remonstrance

24. The Sweeping of a New Broom

25. The Gathering of the Storm

26. The Taking of Trefaldighet

27. The Capture of Christina

28. The Last of the Swedish Governors

29. The Results

30. Log Cabins and Wooden Spoons

31. Preaching and Preachers

32. The Departure of the Swedes

33. The Reasons Why

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781512808131

151280813X

OCLC:

979729776