Uncool History - Albion's Seed

Jeff's Uncool history series continues with the early, early history of the US.

"Albion's Seed" by David Hackett Fischer.

Admittedly, this may not be of as much interest to some of us as to others of us. It's a little dry, it's a little too thorough, and it's very English (if you get my drift). As far back as i can trace my history, I seem to pretty much be of European descent though from where exactly in Europe can only be conjectured. My family tree goes through the back country of West Virginia, Virginia (before there was a 'West'), North Carolina and Maryland. Hillbilly to be more precise.

But where do these goobers come from? Enter "Albion's Seed". This book is a fascinating look at the different regions of the early US: The Puritans up in New England (the Pilgrim dudes), the Cavaliers & '2nd sons' of the aristocracy (the Southern dudes), the Friends migration (the Pennsylvania dudes), the Borderlands migration (the goober dudes).

If want a good sense of who dared to cross to the New World, why the did it, where they came from, this is a fascinating book.

Example: They talk about the origins of the regional accents (Bah-stan, versus New Yoik, versus Bal-di-more) and how they developed and why. Totally cool foundation kind of history book.