The Life and Times of Cotton Matherby Kenneth Silverman | |
| Category: |
"U.S. History - Cultural" |
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| Pages: | 428 |
| Year of Publication: | 1984 |
| Date Added: | 08/11/2006 |
| Date Read: | 10/04/2001 |
| Notes: | Biography of the Puritan preacher and writer who became the first person born in America to gain worldwide renown. He supported the Salem witch trials, advocated smallpox inoculation and wrote histories of medicine, the church and the colony of Massachusetts. Mather was a complex man with great weaknessess and great strengths. |
| My Rating: | 6 |