Cambridge Springs Public Library

This book is a sweeping transatlantic history of Puritanism from its emergence out of the religious tumult of Elizabethan England to its founding role in the story of America. Shedding critical new light on the diverse forms of Puritan belief and practice in England, Scotland, and New England, David Hall provides a multifaceted account of a cultural movement that judged the Protestant reforms of Elizabeth's reign to be unfinished. Hall's vivid and...

The books they write are tiny, but the worlds inside them are huge... Many years ago, the four motherless children of the Bronte family--Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne--lived in a windswept house at the edge of the moors with their father. Hungry for stories, the Brontes devoured poetry and fables, history and novels. And with the gift of a set of toy soldiers, they were inspired to make tiny books and write stories of their own... a passion...