“The Barbarous Years”: What 17th-Century America Really Looked Like

A new masterpiece of history by Bernard Bailyn shows American life in the 17th century to be nasty, brutish, and short. By R.B. Bernstein.

R.B. Bernstein

Published Nov. 22 2012 4:45AM EST 

R.B. Bernstein

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