Father of American Democracy, Thomas Hooker (1596-1647)
New York: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1995. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #2314186
ISBN: 1557871272
Jacket spine head lightly bumped.
484 pp. A Pilgrim's guide to the England he knew, the great people, and the stirring events leading to his becoming a pre-eminent figure in the founding of Puritan New England. "Thomas Hooker (July 5, 1586 – July 7, 1647) was a prominent English colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding speaker and an advocate of universal Christian suffrage. Called today "the Father of Connecticut", Rev. Thomas Hooker was a towering figure in the early development of colonial New England. He was one of the great preachers of his time, an erudite writer on Christian subjects, the first minister of Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the first settlers and founders of both the city of Hartford and the state of Connecticut, and cited by many as the inspiration for the "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut", which some have called the world's first written democratic constitution establishing a representative government.[2]"--Wikipedia
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