num_pages: 320
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Puritan Ordeal
titlecomplete: The Puritan Ordeal
genres: American History, Religion
ratings_count: 8
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Lionel Trilling Book Award
publisher: Harvard University Press