Unwelcome Americans Living on the Margin in Early New England Ruth Wallis Herndon Ruth Wallis Herndon teaches history at the University of Toledo. Early American Studies 2001 | 264 pages | 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-8122-3592-0 | Cloth | $59.95s | £39.00 ISBN 978-0-8122-1765-0 | Paper | $24.95s | £16.50 World Rights | American History, History, Sociology Short copy: "Herndon has painstakingly reconstructed the lives of these most obscure early New Englanders. . . . The resulting study at once opens an important window onto the development of poor-relief policy in America and offers a fascinating account of lives and voices often lost to us."--New England Quarterly