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The last American Puritan : the life of Increase Mather, 1639-1723 / Michael G. Hall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Michael G. (Michael Garibaldi)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puritans--Massachusetts--Biography.
- Puritans.
- Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Massachusetts.
- Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.
- Mather, Increase.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (457 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A critically acclaimed and accessible biography of one of the towering figures of New England's colonial period; winner of The Conference on Christianity and Literature's Book Award.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ONE: The Legacy, Birth, and Education of a Puritan [1639-1661]; TWO: The Struggle for Identity [1661-1672]; THREE: God's Agent on Earth [1672-1676]; FOUR: Spiritual Leadership [1676-1680]; FIVE: New Worlds of Science and Hope [1680-1686]; SIX: Dominion of New England [1684-1688]; SEVEN: Representing Massachusetts in London [1688-1691]; EIGHT: Massachusetts Under the New Charter [1692-1702]; NINE: The Last Puritan [1703-1723]; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-12841-1
- 9786613128416
- 0-8195-7254-3
- OCLC:
- 767498617
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