Colonial New England: The Cold Was Their Power
The first and most important environmental fact about New England is that it was cold—much
Albion’s Seed
American Backcountry Leadership: The Rule Of Tanistry
The degradation of these unfortunate older people in the backcountry made a dramatic contrast with
Quaker Vikings In America
During the seventeenth century, the north of England had the reputation of being a dangerous
Men From Wild Lands Always Become Fatalists: Spirit of the American Backcountry
This is a [fatalistic] attitude that commonly exists in the face of endemic violence. In
Albion’s Seed: The Backcountry Folkway Part 1
The men were tall and lean, with hard weather-beaten faces…even in their poverty they carried