More than an ecclesiastical or political history, this book is a vivid description of the earliest American immigrant experience. It depicts the dramatic tale of the seventeenth-century newcomers to our shores as they were drawn and pushed to make their way in an unsettled and unsettling world.
Awards & Accolades
- Andrew Delbanco Is a 2011 National Humanities Medal Winner
- 1990 Lionel Trilling Book Award, Columbia University