Stories of Concord, Massachusetts: Volume 1

A forgotten meeting. A disputed land. A history that shaped America.Through meticulous historical research, Jim Sherblom brings to life the intertwined stories of Indigenous leaders and colonial settlers—Tahattawan, Saunkskwa, Waban, Rev. Peter Bulkeley, Major Simon Willard, and their descendants—whose fates were shaped by US colonial history, war, disease, and generational trauma.In 1637, the Nashawtuc clan of the Musketaquid River Valley gathered with English Puritan settlers to settle a dispute over a destroyed fish weir. The outcome of that meeting remains uncertain, but its consequences reshaped the land that would soon be known as Concord, Massachusetts.Within three generations, the Nashawtuc were gone, while Puritan families like the Bulkeleys and Willards established lasting legacies.In this Early American history book, readers will learn: The untold stories of Indigenous leaders in Native American history, including the Nashawtuc clan and their efforts to protect their homela