Mercies in the American Desert Deb Jeffries •Each chapter includes a reflective

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Marc Shell illuminates the context in which wampum was used by describing how money circulated in the colonial period and the early history of the United States

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Mercies in the American Desert Deb Jeffries •Each chapter includes a reflectiveReflecting on the Salem witch trials, Puritan minister Cotton Mather cautioned his flock against the moral temptations of the unknown wild, located in what he termed an ""American desert."" Today, more than three hundred years later, we understand that our troubles have their origins not in some ambiguous beyond; rather, they are of our own making. Benjamin Landry's Mercies in the American Desert attempts a clear eyed reckoning with the people and the