Skunk, the third in the Transpontine series, takes off straight after the previous volume. It begins in 1632 and sees the Puritans outpaced by the profit-seeking Massachusetts Bay Company colonies and by men and women who came not to pray but to profit – from England, Sweden, Finland, Holland and France.
It focuses on the language and history of Early New England, featuring more about the Puritans, Winthrop, William Bradford and the increasing number of new English colonies in places like Connecticut, Rhode Island as well as more by the French, Dutch and the Swedes.
This was also the period in which the first printing press arrived in North America and Harvard College was founded. Equally, by mid-century there would be more than 300 enslaved Africans on the books and the number of indentured servants – many snatched from the streets of England and transported to Virginia – would be in the many thousands.
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On the language front, a new generation of new American words were coined, including buffalo, skunk, homestead, plantation, cranberry, boss and not to mention the term American language is used in the 1640s for the first time.
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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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