Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index.
Contents
O strange new world? -- Settling in -- The farm -- The house -- The home -- Health -- The rhythms of life -- Manners and morals -- Red, white, and black -- War -- Beyond the farm -- Wonders of the invisible world -- Toward the eighteenth century.
Summary
Presents the people of seventeenth century America in the vividness and hardship of their everyday lives.