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The wordy shipmates Sarah Vowell
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks F 7 .V69 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vowell, Sarah, 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puritans--New England--History--17th century.
- Puritans.
- New England--Politics and government--To 1775.
- New England.
- Religion and politics--New England--History--17th century.
- Religion and politics.
- Physical Description:
- 254 p. : map ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2008.
- Summary:
- From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Assassination Vacation" comes an examination of the Puritans, their covenant communities, deep-rooted idealism, political and cultural relevance, and their myriad oddities.
- To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but author Vowell investigates what that means--and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all about? Who were these people who are considered the philosophical, spiritual, and moral ancestors of our nation? What Vowell discovers is something far different from what their uptight shoe-buckles-and-corn reputation might suggest. The people she finds are highly literate, deeply principled, and surprisingly feisty. Their story is filled with pamphlet feuds, witty courtroom dramas, and bloody vengeance.--From publisher description.
- Local Notes:
- HSP copy is uncorrected proof.
- ISBN:
- 9781594489990
- 1594489998
- OCLC:
- 213308994
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