Books by Alfred Cave

Offers a look at the work of a group of Native American visionaries who forged syncretic religious movements that provided their peoples with the ideological means to resist white domination. This book explains the conditions giving rise to the millenarian movements and illuminates the histories, personalities, and legacies of the movement.

Britain's first successful settlements in America occurred more than four hundred years ago. Not surprisingly, the historical accounts of these events have often contained inaccuracies. This compelling study of colonial Virginia, based on the latest research, sheds new light on the tensions between the English and the American Indians and clarifies the facts about several storied relationships.