Much of American history is conceived in terms of large scale
movements, often involving massive numbers of people. Within these
broad groups, however, we know that individuals have had many
different experiences. The purpose of this book is to conceive of
American history much more in terms of these individuals who
collectively created it.
The vehicle is a detailed study, conceived in standard
genealogical terms of reference, of a Sherwood family line. The
Sherwood ancestor, Thomas of Fairfield, arrived in Masschusetts in
1634. His 10th generation descendant, Frank P. Sherwood, was
residing in Reston, Virginia in 2006. The book is divided into two
volumes, with the first covering the first eight generations,
generally through the 19th century, and the second, the 9th and
10th generations living in the 20th century.
The goal has been to conceive the members of these generations
as participants in, and contributors to, the forces that have
brought about change in America. One of the great transformations
in the American society, for example, occurred in this family in
the latter half of the 19th century, when five of eight children
embarked on professional careers as doctors, lawyers, ministers and
teachers. No one had engaged in these pursuits before. It was also
the generation when the first child graduated from college.
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