The Mohican World, 1680-1750

A sequel to Shirley Dunn’s The Mohicans and Their Land, 1609-1730, The Mohican World continues to examine the daily lives of the native peoples of the upper Hudson and Housatonic Valleys during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It details the Mohicans’ struggle to preserve their way of life and cultural identity during the advent of Europeans into their lands.

“Shirley Dunn has again demonstrated her mastery of the Mohican culture. The Mohican World, 1680-1750 is a must-have-and-read book that serves as a great complement to her The Mohicans and Their Land, 1609-1730, considered to be the Bible of Native American studies in the Northeast by all Native American researchers.  In reading The Mohican World, it is as though the reader is living in the past; each page brings a new adventure and allows the reader’s imagination to flow.  As one’s knowledge increases so does the urge to turn to the next page as if turning onto the path of historical adventure. This is a comprehensive and permanent record that will forever be a resource for understanding the Mohicans – a factual literary work of art.”   — Richard W. Powell, Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Chair of the Native American Institute, Columbia-Green Community College, a campus of the State University of New York