Insubordinate Spirit is a unique exploration into the life of Elizabeth Winthrop and other seventeenth-century English Puritans who emigrated to the rough, virtually untouched wilderness of present-day New England. Excerpts from newly discovered personal diaries and correspondence provide readers with not only fascinating insights into the hardships, dangers, and losses inherent to English and Dutch settlers in the 1600s, but also first-hand descriptions of the local Native Americans' family life, allegiances, and society. Caught between the unendurable expectations of her Puritan relatives and land disputes with the neighboring Dutch, Elizabeth Winthrop demonstrated a tremendous strength of resolve to protect her own family and remain true to her heart.

Report on the Condition of the South is a title written by Carl Christian Schurz, who was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. Schurz was sent through the South to make a tour and report on the economic conditions there. This book represents not only the information the author gathered, but provides us also with his insight into the topic of slavery.