title: The Mayflower Papers: Selected Writings of Colonial New England
author: Various
description: In their introduction, the Philbricks write that William Bradford's <i>Of Plymouth Plantation</i> probably is the greatest book written in colonial America. Bradford tells the story of how a group of Puritan Separatists founded the first permanent settlement in New England and how they proved to be surprisingly flexible and pragmatic diplomats in the dealings with the Indians. A large part of this book is an excerpt from that volume. Also included is a selection from <i>Mourt's Relation</i>, a book that Bradford coauthored with Edward Winslow, and one from Winslow's <i>Good News from New England</i>. There's a selection from Thomas Morton's iconoclastic <i>New English Canaan</i>, Mary Rowlandson's <i>The Sovereignty and Goodness of God</i>, and Benjamin and Thomas Church's <i>Entertain</i>ing Passages Relating to Philip's War. This original paperback offers provocative details of that time and place. <i>George Cohen</i><br /><i>Copyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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  Title: Novanglus, and Massachusettensis  
  or Political Essays, Published in the Years 1774 and 1775,  
  on the Principal Points of Controversy, between Great  
  Britain and Her Colonies  
    
  Author: John Adams  
  Jonathan Sewall  
    
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