Susan M. Ouellette is Professor of History and American Studies at Saint Michael's College and the author of US Textile Production in Historical Perspective: A Case Study from Massachusetts.

Introduction
Part I. "The sweet, single life"
1. "A delightful prospect of my Nativity"
2. "I conclude there are some strange intentions"
3. "rendered . . . more ignorant than others"
Part II. "New modes of living among strangers"
4. "perhaps the partner of his joys"
5. "Retired, much fatigued"
6. "He cumbers the ground no more"
Conclusion. "beneath the spreading Oak and Hickory"
The Journal
Maps
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index