Publisher's Synopsis
""The Beginners of a Nation"" by Edward Eggleston is a comprehensive historical account of the earliest English settlements in America. The book delves into the source and rise of these settlements, exploring the life and character of the people who founded them. Eggleston examines the challenges and triumphs of the English colonists, including their interactions with Native American tribes, their struggles with disease and famine, and their efforts to establish a new way of life in a foreign land. The book also provides insight into the social and cultural norms of the time period, shedding light on the values and beliefs that shaped the early American experience. With its meticulous research and engaging writing style, ""The Beginners of a Nation"" is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of America's earliest settlers.1899. American novelist and historian, Eggleston's novels depicting early life in southern Indiana have been widely read. In this book his aim has been to make the pages reflect the character of the age in which the English colonies were begun, and the traits of the colonists, and to bring into relief the social, political, intellectual, and religious forces that promoted emigration. It does not pretend to be the usual account of all the events attending early colonization; it is rather a history in which the succession of cause and effect is the main topic, a history of the dynamics of colony-planting in the first half of the seventeenth century. Who were the beginners of English life in America? What propulsions sent them for refuge to a wilderness? What visions beckoned them to undertake the founding of new states? What manner of men were their leaders? And what is the story of their hopes, their experiments, and their disappointments? These are the questions Eggleston attempts to answer in this volume. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
