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Author Morgan, Ted, 1932-

Title Wilderness at dawn : the settling of the North American continent / Ted Morgan.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, [1993]
©1993

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  970 M824    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  970 MORGAN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  970 MORGAN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  970 M82    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  970 M82W    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  970 MOR    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  970 MORGAN    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  970 MORGAN    Check Shelf
Description 541 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-514) and index.
Contents Pt. 1: First arrivals : The first fifteen thousand years -- The exploration fever -- The Spanish presence -- The French frontier --
Pt. 2: English footholds : The Jamestown frontier -- The Pilgrim frontier -- The Dutch frontier -- The Puritan frontier -- Frontiers in collision --
Pt. 3: The English advance and the French retreat : The Manorial frontier -- The Chesapeake frontier -- The Black frontier -- The Salzburger frontier -- The Quaker frontier -- The Hinterland in 1750 -- The frontier in 1750 -- The French departure --
Pt. 4: America for the Americans : Stars to the flag -- The land hunger -- The Ohio Company -- The Creeks fight back -- The struggle for statehood -- The land operation -- The young nation.
Subject North America -- History.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France)
ISBN 0671690884
9780671690885
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