The Trials of Thomas Morton: An Anglican Lawyer, His Puritan Foes, and the Battle for a New England

by Peter C. Mancall

Book Overview

A new look at Thomas Morton, his controversial colonial philosophy, and his lengthy feud with the Puritans

" This] brilliant riposte to scholarly conventions . . . reconstructs an early colonial experience that is troubled and contested, one that provides a powerful counter-narrative to the traditional accounts that have been institutionalized as clich s in the Thanksgiving tradition."--Crawford Gribben, Wall Street Journal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300230109
• ISBN13: 9780300230109
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"