Virginia Dejohn Anderson: 2 books
Creatures of Empire
How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2004
When we think of the key figures of early American history, we think of explorers, or pilgrims, or Native Americans--not cattle, or goats, or swine. But as Virginia DeJohn Anderson reveals in this brilliantly original account of colonists in New England and the Chesapeake region, livestock played...
The Martyr and the Traitor
Nathan Hale, Moses Dunbar, and the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
In September 1776, two men from Connecticut each embarked on a dangerous mission. One of the men, a soldier disguised as a schoolmaster, made his way to British-controlled Manhattan and began furtively making notes and sketches to bring back to the beleaguered Continental Army general, George Washington....