New England at 400: From Plymouth Rock to the Present Day

by Eric D. Lehman

Overview

At the 400th anniversary of the pilgrims’ arrival (1620-2020), it’s time to look back, commemorate, and reflect on what New England has meant to its people, and to the world. New England at 400: From Plymouth Rock to Present Day describes how every generation of immigrants and natives, Puritans and patriots, has defined this land anew. It is a story of transformation, but also continuity, since “New England” embodies both a collective philosophy and a shared past.

Each chapter covers a decade of important incidents and events that defined or shaped the regional character, land, and culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493043484
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	12/17/2019
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Eric D. Lehman is the director of creative writing at the University of Bridgeport and his work has been published in dozens of journals and magazines. He has written or edited eighteen books of history, travel, and fiction, including Yankee’s New England, Insiders’ Guide to Connecticut, A Connecticut Christmas, and Quotable New Englander. His novella Shadows of Paris was a finalist for the Connecticut Book Award, won a silver medal in romance from the Foreword Review, and was judged the novella of the year by the Next Generation Independent Book Awards. He lives in Hamden, Connecticut

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 From Mayflower to Muskeetoes 1

Chapter 2 Strawberries and Severed Heads 8

Chapter 3 So Must We Be One 17

Chapter 4 A Country beyond Sight 22

Chapter 5 Hanged Quakers and Outlaw Judges 27

Chapter 6 Death's Head at the Feast 31

Chapter 7 The First Revolution 36

Chapter 8 The Letter of the Law 42

Chapter 9 A Mutual Possession 49

Chapter 10 Mine Early Home 53

Chapter 11 Ninety-Eight Notches 58

Chapter 12 Great Awakenings 62

Chapter 13 Triumph and Disaster 66

Chapter 14 Into the Heart of Story 71

Chapter 15 This Is the Place to Affix the Stamp 76

Chapter 16 The Hour of Darkness and Peril and Need 82

Chapter 17 Union and Its Discontents 90

Chapter 18 Great Necessities 96

Chapter 19 From Farmstead to Factory Floor 101

Chapter 20 The Decade without Summer 105

Chapter 21 My Soul to Take 110

Chapter 22 The Swiftness of Thy Course 115

Chapter 23 Castles in the Air 121

Chapter 24 Mrs. Stowe's War 126

Chapter 25 The Hopes of Future Years 132

Chapter 26 Tell It to the Hills 138

Chapter 27 Starlings and House Sparrows 144

Chapter 28 The Chief End of Man 149

Chapter 29 The Wolf Is at the Door 154

Chapter 30 Either Dreams or Swords 159

Chapter 31 The Roar and the Silence 164

Chapter 32 The Winds that Shake the World 169

Chapter 33 Along the Knife Edge 174

Chapter 34 The Shifting of the Plates 179

Chapter 35 Ask Not 185

Chapter 36 Over the River and through the Woods 191

Chapter 37 No Wider than the Heart Is Wide 196

Chapter 38 The Things You Gave Your Life To 201

Chapter 39 The Curse, Reversed 205

Chapter 40 The Day's Work 210

Selected Bibliography 213

Index 218

About the Author 229