John Winthrop by Bremer
The preeminent figure of early New England, John Winthrop was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. More than anyone else, he shaped the culture of New England and his effort to create a Puritan 'City on a Hill' has had a lasting effect on American values. This work presents his portrait, of one of the giants of our history.
..this is a biography that has no equivalent for the early parts of his life and goes on to provide an exemplary narrative and analysis of his years in Massachusetts...a text that will have to be engaged with by all students of the first period of New England. * The Seventeenth Century, Volume 10, Issue 2 *
Francis J. Bremer is Editor of the Winthrop Papers for the Massachusetts Historical Society. A pioneer in the trans-Atlantic approach to early American history, he has been a visiting scholar at Oxford and Cambridge. He is Professor of History at Millersville University and lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195179811 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195179811 |
| Title | John Winthrop |
| Author | Bremer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2005-04-14 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner of the John C. Pollock Award for Christian Biography for 2005 Winner of Honorable Mention, The Colonial Dames of America Book Award. |
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