RESOURCES
My professional career was spent attesting to the facts and forming a conclusion. “The Immigrant” is historical fiction, but ‘is riveted to history and tempered with plausibility to elevate an insignificant being, as envisioned by an author with a few drops of his blood’. For those of you who want more on the Scottish Prisoners of War, Colonial times, historical characters and/or John Law, listed below is a partial bibliography that was useful for me.
Not listed are the enumerable searches that were performed on the online data bases of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) at http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html. Those searches coupled with numerous visits to their 99 Newbury Street, Boston location provided added insight on the historical characters and helped me in developing the purely fictional ones. If researching Colonial New England is your passion, you must become a member of NEHGS.
Descendants of Scottish Prisoners of War from the battles of Dunbar and Worcester on 3 September 1650 and 3 September 1651, respectively, have a website, teeming with information, at www.scottishprisonersofwar.com
Books
Carlson, Stephen P. The Scots at Hammersmith Saugus, Massachusetts Eastern National Park & Monument Association in Cooperation with Department of the Interior National Park Service – Saugus Ironworks National Historic Site 1976 Reprinted in 1979
Conforti, Joseph A. Imagining New England: Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Mid-Twentieth Century Chapel Hill, North Carolina University of North Carolina Press 2001
Copplestone, J. Tremayne John Eliot and the Indians (1604-1690) Portland, Oregon Powell’s Book 1998
Cronon, Walter Changes in the Land, Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England New York, New York Hill & Wang, a division of Farrar, Strauss & Giroux 1983
Donahue, Brian The Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord New Haven, Connecticut Yale University Press 2007
Fisher, David Hackett Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America New York, New York Oxford University Press, Inc. 1989
Fletcher, Rev. James Acton in History Boston, Massachusetts and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania J. W. Lewis 1890
Hartley, E. N. Ironworks on the Saugus Norman, Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Press 4th Edition 2001
Hudson, Alfred Sereno The History of Concord, Massachusetts Concord, Massachusetts The Erudite Press 1904
Jennings, Francis The Invasion of America - Indians, Colonialism, and the Cost of Conquest Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia London, England and New York, New York W. W. Norton & Company 1975
Phalen, Harold R. History of the Town of Acton Cambridge, Massachusetts Middlesex Printing, Inc. 1954
Philbrick, Nathaniel Mayflower. A Story of Courage, Community and War New York, New York Viking Press 2006
Rowlandson, Mary A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson initially published 1682 available via Google Books
Shattuck, Lemuel History of the Town of Concord Concord, Massachusetts Russell Odiorne and Company 1835
Thompson, Roger Cambridge Cameos Boston, Massachusetts New England Historic Genealogy Society 2005
Ulrich, Laura Thatcher Good Wives – Images and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England 1650 – 1750 New York, New York Vintage Books A Division of Random House, Inc. 1991
Walcott, Charles H. Concord in The Colonial Period Boston, Massachusetts Estes And Lauriat 1884
Wheeler, Ruth R. Concord Climate for Freedom Concord, Massachusetts The Concord Antiquarian Society 1967
Articles
Anonymous 1651: “The Battle of Worcester” www.british-civil-wars.co.uk
_______________, “Battle of Dunbar (1650)” via the internet from Wikipedia
Beck, Steve “The Battle of Dunbar – September 3, 1650” Via the internet
Bell, Dennis “Battle of Dunbar – 1650” Burnaby, B. C., Canada 1998 www.scotwars.com
Butler, James Davies “British Convicts Shipped to American Colonies” Citation American Historical Review 2 12- 33 HTML by Dinsmore Documentation added May 13, 2002. Via the internet
Choate, Isabella V. and Conant, Elizabeth S. “The Clerk’s Book of the Concord Village Proprietors – presentation to the Acton Historical Society January 23, 1994” from the Acton Public Library
Houghton, Marion E. H. “Acton’s Forgotten Man – The First Settler” www.colonial-acton.com
Nylander, Robert H. “The Iron Work Farm in Acton, Inc.” [SN 1966] Acton Public Library reference 974.44.A188
_____________, “Upon Which His Descendants Live In Independence” Assabet Valley BEACON Thursday, June 28, 1973
______________, “History of the John Law House” copied by his wife, Barbara Nylander from his notes.
Parziale, T.C. “Prisoners on the John and Sara 2000” via the internet
Rapaport, Diane “Scots for Sale: the Fate of the Scottish Prisoners in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts” via the internet
Woollacott, III, Alfred “John Law of Acton, Massachusetts, and Reuben Law of Acton, Massachusetts, and Sharon, New Hampshire”, published in two installments by Massachusetts Society of genealogists in their Spring and Summer 2011 editions of MASSOG, available at http://www.myfourleggedstool.com/john-law-of-acton-massachusetts.html and http://www.myfourleggedstool.com/reuben-law-of-acton-massachusetts-and-sharon-new-hampshire.html , respectively.
Authors of Historical Fiction and Non-Fiction
Having the facts is the necessary first, and by far the easiest, part of any historical novel. Taking those facts and crafting a compelling story is the challenge. I essentially read nothing but historical novels and am envious of those authors who the ability to keep me rapt from beginning to end. Below are several that have a set a bar that I strive to exceed.
Brooks, Geraldine http://geraldinebrooks.com/ In particular, "Caleb's Crossing" gave me added insight into the Colonial period.
Follet, Kenneth Martin http://ken-follett.com/en/
Goodwin, Doris Kearns http://www.doriskearnsgoodwin.com/
Hough, John Jr. http://www.johnhoughjr.com/
McCullough, David http://pages.simonandschuster.com/davidmccullough
Philbrook, Nathaniel http://nathanielphilbrick.com/ In particular, "Mayflower A Story of Courage, Community, and War" gave me added insight into King Philip's War
My professional career was spent attesting to the facts and forming a conclusion. “The Immigrant” is historical fiction, but ‘is riveted to history and tempered with plausibility to elevate an insignificant being, as envisioned by an author with a few drops of his blood’. For those of you who want more on the Scottish Prisoners of War, Colonial times, historical characters and/or John Law, listed below is a partial bibliography that was useful for me.
Not listed are the enumerable searches that were performed on the online data bases of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) at http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html. Those searches coupled with numerous visits to their 99 Newbury Street, Boston location provided added insight on the historical characters and helped me in developing the purely fictional ones. If researching Colonial New England is your passion, you must become a member of NEHGS.
Descendants of Scottish Prisoners of War from the battles of Dunbar and Worcester on 3 September 1650 and 3 September 1651, respectively, have a website, teeming with information, at www.scottishprisonersofwar.com
Books
Carlson, Stephen P. The Scots at Hammersmith Saugus, Massachusetts Eastern National Park & Monument Association in Cooperation with Department of the Interior National Park Service – Saugus Ironworks National Historic Site 1976 Reprinted in 1979
Conforti, Joseph A. Imagining New England: Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Mid-Twentieth Century Chapel Hill, North Carolina University of North Carolina Press 2001
Copplestone, J. Tremayne John Eliot and the Indians (1604-1690) Portland, Oregon Powell’s Book 1998
Cronon, Walter Changes in the Land, Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England New York, New York Hill & Wang, a division of Farrar, Strauss & Giroux 1983
Donahue, Brian The Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord New Haven, Connecticut Yale University Press 2007
Fisher, David Hackett Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America New York, New York Oxford University Press, Inc. 1989
Fletcher, Rev. James Acton in History Boston, Massachusetts and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania J. W. Lewis 1890
Hartley, E. N. Ironworks on the Saugus Norman, Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Press 4th Edition 2001
Hudson, Alfred Sereno The History of Concord, Massachusetts Concord, Massachusetts The Erudite Press 1904
Jennings, Francis The Invasion of America - Indians, Colonialism, and the Cost of Conquest Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia London, England and New York, New York W. W. Norton & Company 1975
Phalen, Harold R. History of the Town of Acton Cambridge, Massachusetts Middlesex Printing, Inc. 1954
Philbrick, Nathaniel Mayflower. A Story of Courage, Community and War New York, New York Viking Press 2006
Rowlandson, Mary A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson initially published 1682 available via Google Books
Shattuck, Lemuel History of the Town of Concord Concord, Massachusetts Russell Odiorne and Company 1835
Thompson, Roger Cambridge Cameos Boston, Massachusetts New England Historic Genealogy Society 2005
Ulrich, Laura Thatcher Good Wives – Images and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England 1650 – 1750 New York, New York Vintage Books A Division of Random House, Inc. 1991
Walcott, Charles H. Concord in The Colonial Period Boston, Massachusetts Estes And Lauriat 1884
Wheeler, Ruth R. Concord Climate for Freedom Concord, Massachusetts The Concord Antiquarian Society 1967
Articles
Anonymous 1651: “The Battle of Worcester” www.british-civil-wars.co.uk
_______________, “Battle of Dunbar (1650)” via the internet from Wikipedia
Beck, Steve “The Battle of Dunbar – September 3, 1650” Via the internet
Bell, Dennis “Battle of Dunbar – 1650” Burnaby, B. C., Canada 1998 www.scotwars.com
Butler, James Davies “British Convicts Shipped to American Colonies” Citation American Historical Review 2 12- 33 HTML by Dinsmore Documentation added May 13, 2002. Via the internet
Choate, Isabella V. and Conant, Elizabeth S. “The Clerk’s Book of the Concord Village Proprietors – presentation to the Acton Historical Society January 23, 1994” from the Acton Public Library
Houghton, Marion E. H. “Acton’s Forgotten Man – The First Settler” www.colonial-acton.com
Nylander, Robert H. “The Iron Work Farm in Acton, Inc.” [SN 1966] Acton Public Library reference 974.44.A188
_____________, “Upon Which His Descendants Live In Independence” Assabet Valley BEACON Thursday, June 28, 1973
______________, “History of the John Law House” copied by his wife, Barbara Nylander from his notes.
Parziale, T.C. “Prisoners on the John and Sara 2000” via the internet
Rapaport, Diane “Scots for Sale: the Fate of the Scottish Prisoners in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts” via the internet
Woollacott, III, Alfred “John Law of Acton, Massachusetts, and Reuben Law of Acton, Massachusetts, and Sharon, New Hampshire”, published in two installments by Massachusetts Society of genealogists in their Spring and Summer 2011 editions of MASSOG, available at http://www.myfourleggedstool.com/john-law-of-acton-massachusetts.html and http://www.myfourleggedstool.com/reuben-law-of-acton-massachusetts-and-sharon-new-hampshire.html , respectively.
Authors of Historical Fiction and Non-Fiction
Having the facts is the necessary first, and by far the easiest, part of any historical novel. Taking those facts and crafting a compelling story is the challenge. I essentially read nothing but historical novels and am envious of those authors who the ability to keep me rapt from beginning to end. Below are several that have a set a bar that I strive to exceed.
Brooks, Geraldine http://geraldinebrooks.com/ In particular, "Caleb's Crossing" gave me added insight into the Colonial period.
Follet, Kenneth Martin http://ken-follett.com/en/
Goodwin, Doris Kearns http://www.doriskearnsgoodwin.com/
Hough, John Jr. http://www.johnhoughjr.com/
McCullough, David http://pages.simonandschuster.com/davidmccullough
Philbrook, Nathaniel http://nathanielphilbrick.com/ In particular, "Mayflower A Story of Courage, Community, and War" gave me added insight into King Philip's War
