This fourth book in the Transpontine series explores the language and history of the United States. It starts from 1650 and continues up to the Acts of Union in 1707, when Scotland joined a United Kingdom alongside the English colonies in America.
This coincidently marked the completion of the first American century. Book 4 charts the creation of yet more English colonies during the second half of the 1600s, the merging of others and the explosive development of international trade.
It also unpacks the consolidation of the slave trade, while exploring the bitter rivalries between competing European nations over the spoils of the New World.
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On the language front, new American words appear from the likes of Dutch and the formation of new meanings from existing English words.
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My first book was a book on English grammar and usage, published through Hachette. This was followed up by books combining history and etymology. So far I have published 11 books. History and great stories are the common denominators.
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