Seasons of Misery : : Catastrophe and Colonial Settlement in Early America / / Kathleen Donegan.

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. Seasons of Misery offers...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package American History
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Early American Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 2 illus.
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