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John Winthrop, Oliver Cromwell, and the Land of Promise
By Aronson, Marc
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61818-177-3
- Publisher
- Clarion
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2004
Gr 7-Up Continuing the trilogy he began in Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado (Clarion, 2000), Aronson points out startling similarities between 21st-century fanatical religious extremists and the zealous religious leaders who sought to establish the kingdom of heaven on earth nearly 400 years earlier. Focusing on the lives of two prominent Puritans, Cromwell in England and Winthrop in New England, the author takes the viewpoint that ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2004
Continuing the narrative begun in Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado (rev. 9/00), Aronson here charts a parallel history between seventeenth-century Great Britain and colonial New England, as represented by emblematic figures Oliver Cromwell and John Winthrop. Motivated by a shared religious belief that mankind was living "at the end of time," Winthrop led fellow Puritans to the New World, where he served as first ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
