The Gentle Puritan

A Life of Ezra Stiles, 1727-1795

By Edmund S. Morgan

504 pp., 5.75 x 9.25, 8 illus

  • Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-9730-0
    Published: May 2011
  • E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-0-8078-3972-0
    Published: January 2014
  • E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-7705-5
    Published: January 2014

Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press

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Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press

Now available again, this important biography of the early New England intellectual leader was greeted as a "landmark in the history of the American mind" by Clifford K. Shipton when it appeared in 1962. Stiles lived at a critical time--the transition from the Reformation to the Enlightenment, which came suddenly in New England--and because of his position, his influence was great."

Originally published in 1974.

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About the Author

Edmund S. Morgan is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. His many books include American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia and Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America.
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