God, war, and providence : the epic struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians against the Puritans of New England /

God, war, and providence : the epic struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians against the Puritans of New England /

The tragic and fascinating history of the first epic struggle between white settlers and Native Americans in the early seventeenth century, a fresh look at the aggressive expansionist Puritans in New England and the determined Narragansett Indians, who refused to back down and accept English authori...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warren, James A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, [2018]
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Williams, Roger, > 1604?-1683.
Puritans > New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Narragansett Indians > Rhode Island > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
King Philip's War, 1675-1676.
Narragansett Region (R.I.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Rhode Island > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Table of Contents:
  • A winter invasion in Narragansett Country
  • 1635: Indians and Puritans, separate and together
  • A Godly minister, banished
  • "For persons distressed of conscience": Providence
  • Troubles on the frontier: The Pequot War
  • "Did ever friends deal so with friends?"
  • To London
  • Rumors of war, unity at last, 1644-57
  • A royal charter, and new troubles in Narragansett Country, 1657-65
  • "In a strange way": King Philip's War
  • The Narragansett War.