17th century

The Scarlet Letter unfolds the tale of Hester Prynne, a yong woman branded as an adutleress in the harsh Puritan world of 17th-century New England.

Follows the heroine's adventures from seventeenth-century England to the American colonies.

Describes the growth and development of Jamestown in the colonial era in 1607. Focuses on early leaders along with many facts about the colony's class structure, faction fighting, Indian attacks, the Jamestown council, and its governance. Also contains information on Native-American and white settler's relationships, buildings, and how the town become a trading center. Concludes with discussions on its tobacco crops, Pocahontas, and other related topics.

A biography of English explorer John Smith, discussing his exploits as a mercenary in Turkey, his founding of the Jamestown settlement where his life was allegedly saved by the intervention of Pocahontas, and his later years in England.

Presents an illustrated history of the witch trials in the English colonial town called Salem, where people's mental illness was mistaken for witchcraft, and discusses the role of Reverend Samuel Parris and various arrests, punishments and wrongful deaths of people whose behavior was misunderstood, and includes a glossary.

Describes the Okinawa raid of 1609, discussing its origins, planning, execution, and outcome, and including photographs, maps, and illustrations.

Examines the social, cultural, and religious history of the ceremonies associated with birth, marriage, and death in early modern England.