Böcker i Cambridge Library Collection - North American History-serien

Naval officer Thomas Southey (1777-1838) was the younger brother of Robert Southey, Romantic poet and historian, to whom this three-volume work is dedicated. Published in 1827, it covers the period from Columbus to 1816, drawing on extensive reading as well as Southey's own experiences while stationed in the Caribbean.

Published in 1852, this chronicle of pioneer life in Canada is notable for its unsentimental and frank account. In contrast to similar works of the time, it emphasises not only the triumphs but also the tribulations as the author's family begin new lives as immigrants and farmers.

Conway's two-volume biography of revolutionary author Thomas Paine (1737-1809) did much to inspire a reassessment of Paine's importance in the 'age of revolutions'. Paine's political pamphlets influenced the American Declaration of Independence, and he was later a member of the French Convention, voting against the execution of Louis XVI.

Conway's 1904 Autobiography is a fascinating account of the life and work of an American proponent of anti-slavery, free religion, social reform and women's suffrage. Depicting the age and its foremost thinkers, it features the author's friendships with such figures as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thomas Carlyle.

This early study of Native American culture was first published in 1775. James Adair (fl.1735-75), a trader who worked for many years among the Catawba, Cherokee, Muscogee, Chickasaw and Choctaw, presents extensive ethnographic information on these peoples, along with accounts of his activity in trading, politics and warfare.

The writer Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-85) campaigned strongly for Native American rights. Her popular novel Ramona (1884) emerged out of her passionate seeking of justice for these persecuted peoples. This 1881 publication introduces seven major tribes, their land claims, and the history of broken treaties and massacres they had suffered.