Below is a very limited list of the books, articles, scholarly papers, etc. I used during the two years I spent researching material in order to provide historical accuracy for many of the details in my book.
Selected Bibliography
Boyd, Julian P., and Robert J. Taylor. The Susquehannah Company Papers. Wyoming Historical & Geological Society, 1930.
Bushman, Richard Lyman. “Markets and Composite Farms in Early America.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 55, no. 3, 1998, pp. 351–374.
Campbell, Thomas. Gertrude of Wyoming; or, The Pennsylvanian Cottage. D. Appleton & Co., 1858.
Chapman, Isaac A. Sketch of the History of Wyoming. S.D. Lewis, 1830.
DeLacy, Margaret. “Puerperal Fever in Eighteenth-century Britain.” Bulletin of the History of Medicine, vol. 63, no. 4, 1989, pp. 521–556.
Dunn, Mary Maples. “Saints and Sisters: Congregational and Quaker Women in the Early Colonial Period.” American Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 5, 1978, pp. 582–601.
Dye, Nancy Schrom. “History of Childbirth in America.” Signs, vol. 6, no. 1, 1980, pp. 97–108.
Dziak, Mark G. The Battle of Wyoming: for Liberty and Life: the Whole Story of the 1778 Battle and Massacre in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. The Author, 2008.
Egle, William Henry, ed. Documents Relating to the Connecticut Settlement in the Wyoming Valley. E.K. Meyers, 1890.
Grubb, Farley. “German Immigration to Pennsylvania, 1709 to 1820.” The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, vol. 20, no. 3, 1990, pp. 417–436.
Harvey, Oscar Jewell. A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from its First Beginnings to the Present Time: Including Chapters of Newly-discovered Early Wyoming Valley History, Together with Many Biographical Sketches and Much Genealogical Material. Raeder Press, 1927.
Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties. J.H. Beers & Co., 1915.
Hollister, Horace. Contributions to the History of the Lackawanna Valley. W.H. Tinson, 1857.
Johnson, Ella Roberts. History of Pittston. - taken from a manuscript of notes compiled in the years 1910–1912. http://greaterpittstonhistory.org/wp- content/uploads/2014/04/EC-Johnson-Pittston-History- Part-1.pdf.
Johnston, Henry P., ed. The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775–1783. Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889.
Joyce, Mary Hinchcliffe. Pioneer Days in the Wyoming Valley. S.n., 1928.
Lossing, Benjamin J. The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence. Harper & Bros., 1851.
Lottick, Sally Teller. Wyoming Valley’s Earliest Settlers. Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, 1997.
Lowens, Irving. “The Bay Psalm Book in 17th-Century New England.” Journal of the American Musicological Society, vol. 8, no. 1, 1955, pp. 22–29.
Lutnick, S. M. “The Harassed History of Bundling.” The School Review, vol. 70, no. 2, 1962, pp. 233–239.
Main, Gloria L. “Naming Children in Early New England.” The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, vol. 27, no. 1, 1996, pp. 1–27.
Matthews, Alfred. History of Wayne, Pike, and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania. R.T. Peck & Company, 1886.
Miller-Lanning, Darlene. “Dark Legend and Sad Reality: Peck’s Wyoming and Civil War.” Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, vol. 65, no. 4, 1998, pp. 405–444.
Miner, Charles. History of Wyoming, in a Series of Letters, from Charles Miner, to His Son, William Penn Miner, Esq. J. Crissy, 1845.
Munsell, W. W. History of Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wyoming Counties, Penna. W.W. Munsell & Co., 1880.
Munson, Myron Andrews. 1637 – 1887 The Munson Record: a Genealogical and Biographical Account of Captain Thomas Munson (A Pioneer of Hartford and New Haven) and His Descendants. Printed for The Munson Association by The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, 1895.
Myers, Charles E. A Connecticut Yankee in Penn’s Woods: the Life and Times of Thomas Bennet. Wilkes University Press, 1993.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Following Connecticut Ancestors to Pennsylvania: Susquehanna Company Settlers. The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1985.
Ousterhout, Anne M. “Frontier Vengeance: Connecticut Yankees vs. Pennamites in the Wyoming Valley.” Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, vol. 62, no. 3, 1995, pp. 330–363.
Pearce, Stewart. Annals of Luzerne County: a Record of Interesting Events, Traditions and Anecdotes, from the First Settlement in Wyoming Valley to 1866. J. B. Lippingcott & Co., 1866.
Peck, George. Wyoming; Its History, Stirring Incidents, and Romantic Adventures. Harper & Bros., 1858.
Scholten, Catherine M. “‘On the Importance of the Obstetrick Art’: Changing Customs of Childbirth in America, 1760 to 1825.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, 1977, pp. 426–445.
Treckel, Paula A. “Breastfeeding and Maternal Sexuality in Colonial America.” The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, vol. 20, no. 1, 1989, pp. 25–51.
Wallace, Paul A.W. Indian Paths of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1965.
Westerkamp, Marilyn J. “Engendering Puritan Religious Culture in Old and New England.” Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, vol. 64, 1997, pp. 105–122.
Weyburn, Samuel Fletcher. Following the Connecticut Trail from the Delaware River to the Susquehanna Valley. The Anthracite Press, Inc., 1932.
Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. E.B. Yordy, 1898.
