The Puritan Ordeal.
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- 9780674034174
- 285/.9/0973
- BX9322
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Prophecies of Richard Hooker -- 2 Errand out of the Wilderness -- 3 City on a Hill -- 4 The Antinomian Dissent -- 5 The Founders Divide -- 6 Looking Homeward, Going Home -- 7 Fathers and Children -- 8 The Puritan Legacy -- Epilogue: Lincoln and Everett at Gettysburg -- Notes -- Index.
More than an ecclesiastical or political history, this book is a vivid description of the earliest American immigrant experience. It depicts the dramatic tale of the seventeenth-century newcomers to our shores as they were drawn and pushed to make their way in an unsettled and unsettling world.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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