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Hector St. John de Cr vecoeur was a farmer and diplomat in New
England during the American Revolutionary War. These are his
valuable observations of rural life and ordinary citizens of a
nation soon to attain independence. While the military skirmishes
and personalities of the era - such as the Founding Fathers - are
well-recorded, everyday living in America at the time the United
States burst into existence is not nearly as known by historians.
These eloquent accounts of how average Americans lived amid the
upheaval of Revolution are unique, memorable and authentic. The New
England of the 18th century was a rural society; industry was
scarce and undeveloped, and the peoples worked with their hands
rather than with machines. Many labored hard for years to buy their
own parcel of land; the author's depictions of Nantucket and
Martha's Vineyard are vivid - the behaviors, manners and trading
are detailed in a plain yet enjoyable style.
Hector St. John de Cr vecoeur was a farmer and diplomat in New
England during the American Revolutionary War. These are his
valuable observations of rural life and ordinary citizens of a
nation soon to attain independence. While the military skirmishes
and personalities of the era - such as the Founding Fathers - are
well-recorded, everyday living in America at the time the United
States burst into existence is not nearly as known by historians.
These eloquent accounts of how average Americans lived amid the
upheaval of Revolution are unique, memorable and authentic. The New
England of the 18th century was a rural society; industry was
scarce and undeveloped, and the peoples worked with their hands
rather than with machines. Many labored hard for years to buy their
own parcel of land; the author's depictions of Nantucket and
Martha's Vineyard are vivid - the behaviors, manners and trading
are detailed in a plain yet enjoyable style.
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