2217 The Atlantic Frontier: American Civilization [1607-1763], by Louis B. Wright (read 28 Jun 1989) This is a 1947 book which is well-done. It tells of the founding of the colonies and covered them, briefly, to 1763. It is a phase of history I find more and more interesting. The book concludes by quoting Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina in 1765: "There ought to be no New England man, no New Yorker. etc., known on the continent, but all of us Americans..." ( )