Abandoning America: Life-Stories from Early New England
Susan Hardman Moore
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Description for Abandoning America: Life-Stories from Early New England
Hardback.
In a field where primary sources are thin and difficult, Abandoning America is an excellent tool for reference and research. The book is fully annotated and offers a substantial introduction providing for further historicalcontext. CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Abandoning America brings together the biographies of hundreds of people who crossed over to New England in the 1630s but later braved the Atlantic again to return home. Some wentback quickly, disenchanted or discouraged. Many invested everything to make New England a success, yet after ten or twenty years resolved to leave America - against a backdrop of civil ... Read more
In a field where primary sources are thin and difficult, Abandoning America is an excellent tool for reference and research. The book is fully annotated and offers a substantial introduction providing for further historicalcontext. CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Abandoning America brings together the biographies of hundreds of people who crossed over to New England in the 1630s but later braved the Atlantic again to return home. Some wentback quickly, disenchanted or discouraged. Many invested everything to make New England a success, yet after ten or twenty years resolved to leave America - against a backdrop of civil ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838173
SKU
V9781843838173
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99-50
Reviews for Abandoning America: Life-Stories from Early New England
Selected as a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2014
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Richly documented, the volume will serve as a valuable resource for students of Anglo-American religious and cultural history. ... A broader...audience is likely to be attracted to it by fascinating insights into the world of values, feelings, dilemmas and the vicissitudes of very real people living unusual lives ... Read more
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Richly documented, the volume will serve as a valuable resource for students of Anglo-American religious and cultural history. ... A broader...audience is likely to be attracted to it by fascinating insights into the world of values, feelings, dilemmas and the vicissitudes of very real people living unusual lives ... Read more