American Beginnings: Highlights and Sidelights of the Birth of the New World

ix, 260 pp. Includes introduction by Library of Congress librarian Luther Evans. A comprehensive bibliography and critical commentary on early writings about British-America published prior to the American Revolution. Rather than a standard narrative history, Morse compiles, reviews, and synthesizes the localized literature, promotional tracts, personal diaries, and historical accounts produced before and during the colonial era.