American heroes : profiles of men and women who shaped early America
Title:
American heroes : profiles of men and women who shaped early America
Author:
Morgan, Edmund S. (Edmund Sears), 1916-2013.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2009]
©2009
Physical Description:
xvi, 278 pages ; 25 cm
Summary:
Reexamines the lives of bona-fide American heroes such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, and reevaluates the legacies of religious figures such as Anne Hutchinson, whose trial for heresy and banishment riveted the colonies in 1637, and unknown martyrs such as Mary Easty and Giles Cory, executed for practicing witchcraft.
General Note:
Includes index.
Language:
English
Contents:
The conquerors. The conquerors -- Puritans, witches, and Quakers. Dangerous books -- The unyielding Indian -- John Winthrop's vision -- The Puritans and sex -- The problems of a Puritan heiress -- The case against Anne Hutchinson -- The Puritan's Puritan: Michael Wigglesworth -- The courage of Giles Cory and Mary Easty -- Postscript: Philadelphia 1787 -- the contentious Quaker: William Penn -- Ezra Stiles and Timothy Dwight -- Revolutionary leaders. The power of negative thinking: Benjamin Franklin and George Washington -- The end of Franklin's pragmatism -- The founding fathers' problem: representation -- The role of the Antifederalists -- The genius of Perry Miller.
Subject Term:
ISBN:
9780393070101
9780393304541
Format :
Book
