Into the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania Frontier
From the Quaker colony's founding in the 1680s into the 1750s, Merrell shows us how the go-betweens survived in the woods, dealing with problems of food, travel, lodging, and safety, and how they sought to bridge the vast cultural gaps between the Europeans and the Indians. The futility of these efforts became clear in the sickening plummet into war after 1750.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Year
- 1999
- ISBN-13
- 9780393046762
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Colonial Pennsylvania frontierNative American-European relationsCultural negotiation and diplomacy
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryShortlistedMajor(2000)
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