1st Edition

Daniel Gookin, the Praying Indians, and King Philip's War A Short History in Documents

By Louise Breen Copyright 2020
200 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume presents a valuable collection of annotated primary documents published during King Philip’s War (1675–76), a conflict that pitted English colonists against many native peoples of southern New England, to reveal the real-life experiences of early Americans. Louise Breen’s detailed introduction to Daniel Gookin and the War, combined with interpretations of the accompanying ancillary... Read more

* Unpublished primary sources gathered together for the first time

* Analytic framing helps to orient and guide students through unfamiliar language and historical content

* Concise volume offers instructors a ready-made resource for seminars and broader Colonial History courses

Biography

Louise A. Breen is Associate Professor of History at Kansas State University, where she researches and teaches in the fields of colonial, Atlantic, and revolutionary history. She is the author of Transgressing the Bounds: Subversive Enterprises among the Puritan Elite in Massachusetts, 1630–1692.