Author:
Di Bonaventura, Allegra.
Edition Statement:First edition.
Imprint:New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, A division of W.W. Norton & Company, c2013.
Descriptionxviii, 441 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Note:"As in the Beginning of the World" -- The Rogerenes -- "Fore-runners of evil" -- "Brought up in learning" -- "Fornication among you" -- "One flesh" -- "She was taken away from me wrongfully" -- "The ways of providence" -- A Higher Court -- "A pestilence into that land" -- "Adam is come" -- Bream Cove and beyond -- "Their children's children" -- "Adam worked all day" -- "The wonderful work of God".
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Uses the diary of an American colonial in pre-Revolutionary New England to discuss slavery, the family, and everyday life of the time period.