Maud Wilder Goodwin Boeken

This book provides a richly detailed and fascinating account of the history of New York City, as seen through the lens of a series of essays published in the early 20th century. The essays cover a wide range of topics, from the city's early colonial history to its rapid growth in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They offer valuable insights into the social, cultural, and economic forces that shaped this dynamic and diverse city. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of New York City.

This captivating historical romance transports the reader to colonial Maryland in the midst of the English Civil War. Maud Wilder Goodwin's vivid prose and well-researched details bring the characters and setting to life in this gripping tale of love and adventure.

Goodwin's gripping novel brings to life the turmoil of Bacon's Rebellion, a little-known chapter in American history. With its vivid descriptions and unforgettable characters, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the early days of colonial America.

This book is a vivid portrait of the social, political, and economic life of the Southern colonies of British North America in the eighteenth century, before the American Revolution. It illuminates the customs, habits, and ideals of the colonial gentry, including their dress, food, education, sports, and ideas of honor and liberty. It also examines the role of slavery, the conflicts with Native Americans, and the tensions with the British authorities. Illustrated with evocative drawings, this book is a valuable source of historical and cultural knowledge.

Sea commerce at this time had so far outstripped a naval power adequate to protect it that piracy grew more and more profitable, and many a respected sea merchant held private stock in some more than dubious sea venture. -from "Privateers and Pirates" First published in 1919, this now-classic history chronicles the settlement and early life of what would become the greatest city in the world, from the first European traders and settlers to the civic life of the colony in the 18th century. In vivid, dramatic prose, Goodwin describes: . Henry Hudson's arrival in New York harbor . the Dutch West India Company's early charter in the New World . the government of the burghers, and the first English governors . the brutal treatment of Negro slaves in the burgeoning city . the waves of immigration that saw surges in the city's population . and much more. MAUD WILDER GOODWIN (1856-1935) wrote extensively on American history, including The Colonial Cavalier, Or Southern Life Before the Revolution (1895), White Aprons: A Romance of Bacon's Rebellion, Virginia, 1676 (1897), Historic New York (1899), and Sir Christopher: A Romance of a Maryland Manor in 1644 (1901).