The Human Tradition In Colonial America

The Human Tradition in Colonial America is an entertaining as well an enlightening book that brings the colonial period to life through the stories of the colorful participants who helped mold the British dependency that would eventually become the United States.

A very rich collection that explores the enormous diversity of the people of colonial America. For all their differences they had one huge problem in common: trying to live in a difficult world that was new to them all. Here is the true beginning of Ameri (Edward Countryman, Southern Methodist University)

Essay-like biographies of mostly little-known individuals provide a sharp contrast to highly integrated biographies of the conspicuous persons found in [other texts]. (H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online)

Brief biographical portraits . . . portray the diversity of the social fabric of the period. (American Literature)

The Human Tradition in Colonial America is very highly recommended for all students of American colonial history. (Midwest Book Review)