Representative Americans The Colonists

This updated volume of Representative Americans highlights three generations of colonial Americans--men and women who founded, shaped, and coined traditions of this country. This is a glimpse into a time of empire and frontier, religion, and science. The breadth of this experience is represented in the book's three sections.

Preface to the Second Edition	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Pathmarkers of Empire
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas: The Meeting of Cultures	p. 3
William Bradford: Pilgrim	p. 26
Anne Hutchinson: The Saint as Critic	p. 48
Nathaniel Bacon: Empire and Frontier, the Clash of Cultures	p. 72
William Penn: The Aristocrat as Democrat	p. 91
Swords of Empire
Pierre Esprit Radisson: The Pathfinder	p. 117
The Brothers LeMoyne: Maccabees of New France
Edward Teach: The Story of Blackbeard the Pirate	p. 159
James Oglethorpe: Soldier Visionary	p. 176
Bridges of Empire
Cotton Mather: The Mystic as Scientist	p. 199
William Byrd II: Virginia Gentleman	p. 220
Eliza Lucas Pinckney: The West Indies Connection	p. 239
James Logan: The American Enlightenment	p. 252
Epilogue	p. 269
Index	p. 271
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