Daniel Gookin: 1612-1687; Assistant and Major General of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; His Life and Letters and Some Account of His A

by Frederick William Gookin

Daniel Gookin was a pioneering settler who resided in Virginia and Massachusetts, taking an interest in and writing about the Native Americans, toward whom he felt sympathy.

Born in County Cork, Ireland, Gookin moved to his father's plantation in Virginia when he was aged only eighteen in 1630. Given a reference to his being a 'souldier', it is assumed that Gookin spent at least part of his youth in the military. Later in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789875501
• ISBN13: 9781789875508
• Release Date: January 1912
• Publisher: Pantianos Classics
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"