Figures of mobility appear prominently in US-foundational narratives of 'discovery, ' the 'Puritan errand, ' and westward expansion, the protagonists of these hegemonic tales of settlement and nation-building are (mostly) European travellers, pioneers, and colonists. By contrast, figures such as pirates, drifters, and fugitives are for the most part absent from canonical narratives of new world beginnings and may be considered as expressing/re...
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