Making a Way in the Wilderness: Delaware Valley HIstories my Ancestors Lived - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

Making a Way in the Wilderness explores the intersections of history and personal genealogy.

The Delaware River watershed defined the early colonies of Pennsylvania and West Jersey. The fast-growing city of Philadelphia soon became the region’s hub.

Though the area’s European settlers were primarily Quakers, the area’s history and reputation for tolerance brought together Swedish, German, Dutch, and French immigrants, as well as those from England, Ireland, and Wales. Together they, along with the indigenous peoples of the region, lived in relatively peaceful, and lively, co-existence for several generations. With time, however, emerged tensions that sorely strained that fabric.

The author, whose families lived on both sides of the River, draws on his own ancestry research as well as historical accounts to illustrate this fascinating period and place. Brief topical chapters cover the years between, roughly, 1650 and the Civil War. Here, distinct individuals—some familiar, others not—animate the economic, political, religious, and cultural changes that transformed a wilderness into an industrial society.

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