This is an important and eye-opening study of one of colonial New England's most important and contrarian figures. Gershom Bulkeley - minister, alchemist, healer, political figure, and man-with-an-opinion-about everything - was in his early life a brilliant, admired member of the Puritan elite destined for great things. He accomplished great things, too - as a minister, alchemical healer, arbitrator in witchcraft cases, spokesman for the colony against...
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