I have a week in a cabin on a lake coming up in early October. Does anyone have a nonfiction with an early New England flare that they would recommend?
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Hi Garrett. Well, I just finished this one, just published in June of this year, and I found it a superb read. I love the story of English-native politics in 17th century New England, and although the focus is on Roger Williams and the Narragansett, you really can't tell that story without dealing with the history of all the colonies and settlers and tribes in southern New England:
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-r...nd-providence/
I've always admired Roger Williams, but it took reading this book to fully appreciate how modern he really was, how very far ahead of his time he was, and how he really was one of our greatest and most influential founding fathers. Very well written as well.Rhode Island
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A Key Into the Language of America by Roger Williams is a good read too if you can put up with deciphering the ye’olde English it’s written in. Most of it is his interpretation of the Narragansett’s language as he heard it tried to be translated into english, but the book is also chock full of actual accounts of them and his observations of their lives and habits. This is the copy I havecall me Jay, i live in R.I.
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Originally posted by OnewiththewilD View PostA Key Into the Language of America by Roger Williams is a good read too if you can put up with deciphering the ye’olde English it’s written in. Most of it is his interpretation of the Narragansett’s language as he heard it tried to be translated into english, but the book is also chock full of actual accounts of them and his observations of their lives and habits. This is the copy I have
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