Fathers and Sons in Native American New England: Massasoit, Passaconawy, Their Sons, and the End of Two Great Algonuian Nations - Hardcover

Gaffney, James J., III: - "Jay Gaffney has written a detailed and compelling account of the complex and often fraught relations between the early English settlers and the Indian tribes inhabiting New England at the time. It is a history of accommodation and conflict and the roles played by regional sachems (chiefs) and their sons starting with the arrival of the Mayflower in 1620. Gaffney's densely textured tapestry recounts not just the decimation of the tribes by disease and warfare, but the crucial roles played by the leaders of both the native inhabitants and the questing English. I expect Fathers and Sons in Native American New England will end up on many reading lists and as a selection by book clubs interested in history. - Alfred J. Alcorn is the Author of fifteen books Including Sugar Mountain and Murder In The Museum of Man. In this riveting and deeply researched study, Jay Gaffney illuminates the pivotal first fifty years of interaction between English colonists and Indigenous peoples in New England. His even-handed analysis explores the complex interplay of land, commerce, diplomacy, and religion, offering readers a clearer, more nuanced understanding of this critically important, yet often overlooked, period that fundamentally shaped the future United States. - Richard P. Howe Jr., author of Legendary Locals of Lowell and former Register of Deeds for the Middlesex North District of Massachusetts."