Creatures of Empire: how domestic animals transformed early America

I: Thinking about animals. Chickwallop and the strange beast: Indians and animals in early America

The deer with the red collar: English ideas about animals

II: Settling with animals. The company of cattle: domestication and colonization

The wild gangs of the Chesapeake: livestock husbandry in the south

A world of pastures and pounds: raising livestock in early New England

III: Contending with animals. Forgiving trespasses: living with livestock in early America

A prophecy fulfilled: from cooperation to the displacement of Indians

Epilogue. Full circle.