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- First Founders: American Puritans and Puritanism in an Atlantic World
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of New Hampshire Press
- Series: New England in the World
summary
Francis J. Bremer has spent his entire career broadening our understanding of America’s colonial founders. Now, in this eminently readable collection of biographies, Bremer brings us a surprisingly varied and dynamic group of characters who continue to guide and influence America today. With its cast of magistrates, women, clergy, merchants, and Native Americans, First Founders underscores the breadth of early American experience and the profound transatlantic roots of our country’s forebears. Bremer succeeds in bringing little-known figures out of the shadows, while allowing us to appreciate better known figures in an entirely new light.
This is a truly fascinating look at the Puritans with keenly drawn portraits and the insight that only a lifetime of scholarship can achieve. It should become the standard introduction to the field. Written in the mold of Joseph Ellis’s Founding Brothers and Gordon Wood’s Revolutionary Characters, the book will appeal to general readers, students, and scholars alike.
This is a truly fascinating look at the Puritans with keenly drawn portraits and the insight that only a lifetime of scholarship can achieve. It should become the standard introduction to the field. Written in the mold of Joseph Ellis’s Founding Brothers and Gordon Wood’s Revolutionary Characters, the book will appeal to general readers, students, and scholars alike.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-9
- John Endecott: Godly Magistrate
- pp. 29-44
- John Wilson
- pp. 45-62
- The Troubled Keaynes
- pp. 99-112
- Stephen Winthrop: Soldier of the Lord
- pp. 113-129
- Hugh Peter: Regicide
- pp. 131-146
- John Davenport and the Middle Advent
- pp. 147-168
- Samuel Winthrop: From Puritan to Quaker
- pp. 169-193
- Anne Bradstreet: Puritan Wife and Mother
- pp. 233-248
- Samuel Sewall: The Conscience of a Puritan
- pp. 249-268
- Sources and Further Readings
- pp. 273-277
Additional Information
ISBN
9781611682588
Related ISBN(s)
9781584659594
MARC Record
OCLC
817787624
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2012-06-08
Language
English
Open Access
No