The Gentle Puritan: A Life of Ezra Stiles, 1727-1795

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.

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