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The last American Puritan : the life of Increase Mather, 1639-1723

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
Print Book, English, 1988
Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Conn., 1988
Biography
xv, 438 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780819551283, 9780819562388, 0819551287, 0819562386
16578800
The legacy, birth, and education of a puritan (1639-1661)
The struggle for identity (1661-1672)
God's agent on earth (1672-1676)
Spiritual leadership (1676-1680)
New worlds of science and hope (1680-1686)
Dominion of New England (1684-1688)
Representing Massachusetts in London (1688-1691)
Massachusetts under the new charter (1692-1702)
The last puritan (1703-1723)