Bruce D. Heald

History of the New Hampshire Abenaki (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The native tribes collectively known as the Abenaki once thrived along the Granite State's great rivers.Comprised of the Penacook, Winnipesaukee, Pigwacket, Sokoki, Cowasuck, and Ossipee tribes, influences of these "e;men of the east"e; abound even today, from the boiling of sap for maple syrup to the game of lacrosse, and even traditional corn-and-bean succotash. Historian Bruce Heald has mined, curated, and saved the real story of this land's first people. Learn unwritten laws of hospitality, respect for the aged, honesty, independence and courtesy evident among the Abenaki. Discover celebrations and innovations in the good times, and later, epidemics caused by European diseases, hostilities, and a culture's enduring legacy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781625849656
• Artikelnr.: 40605677

Autorenporträt

Bruce Heald is an adjunct professor of American History for the History & Philosophy Department at Plymouth State University; Associate Professor at Babes-Bylyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; periodic lecturer of Wars in US History at West Point; Senior Purser aboard the M.S. Mount Washington, and author of over forty books and numerous articles about the history of New England. He is also presently a Fellow in the International Biographical Association and the World Literary Academy in Cambridge, England.