A Compendious History Of New-England: To Which Is Added, A Short Abstract Of The History Of New-York, And New-Jersey: Designed For The Use Of Schools And Private Families - Softcover

Morse, Jedidiah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9354419658 ISBN 13: 9789354419652

Publisher: Alpha Edition, 2021

Synopsis

Enter the schoolroom of the early American republic and see how young citizens first learned the story of their land. History felt very close then. A Compendious History of New-England, composed in the late eighteenth century by renowned clergyman and geographer Jedidiah Morse, distils the experience of 18th century New England and the wider colonies into a pithy narrative. Designed as a colonial America history textbook for classrooms and private families, it surveys New England colonial history alongside an authoritative abstract of colonial New York history and colonial New Jersey history, offering a compact portrait of colonial northeast America as understood by one of its earliest historians. At once a straightforward early American history book and a revealing artefact of its age, this history textbook for families and schools shows how faith, settlement, commerce and conflict were woven into the region's identity. Students of early national culture, enthusiasts of Jedidiah Morse history, and homeschool early American history readers gain direct access to an influential early American schoolbook collection staple, preserved in the author's own voice and cadence. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. This classic American history reprint speaks to casual readers curious about the foundations of New England and to serious collectors seeking a primary source for their shelves, keeping the earliest narratives of New England, New York and New Jersey within easy reach.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9354419658
• ISBN 13: 9789354419652
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326