colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Presents a brief biography of Pocahontas, one of America's earliest heroes who helped save the lives of the first colonists at Jamestown.

The Covenant Chain confederation of Indian tribes with English colonies from its beginnings to the Lancaster Treaty of 1744.--Title page.

Relates the history of the colony of New York from its founding by the Dutch in 1609 to statehood in 1788.

Tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young Puritan woman who has violated the laws of Colonial Boston. As punishment she is ordered to wear the Scarlet Letter of an adulterer for the rest of her life.

Describes the 1633 voyage of the ship Treadwell carrying Puritans and colonists from England to the New World.

A young farm boy running away to sea in 1774 explores the Salem harbor while waiting for his ship to sail.

In a tale designed to give insight into the lives of children living in Colonial America, two friends work together to make repairs and feed their families in the aftermath of a dangerous storm.

The life of the printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

The fifth novel in the Outlander series finds eighteenth-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his wife Claire Randall, a woman who has traveled back in time from post-World War II England, in the American colonies in 1771 and preparing for the coming revolution.