num_pages: 480
description: The early American Congregational minister and author Cotton Mather (1663-1728), remembered mainly for his participation in the Salem witch trials, is perhaps the greatest and most misunderstood figure in pre-revolutionary American history. Mather believed his main purpose in life was to do good and he devoted his life to praying, preaching, and writing, eventually publishing more than 400 works.
language: English
title: The Life and Times of Cotton Mather
titlecomplete: The Life and Times of Cotton Mather
characters: Cotton Mather, Increase Mather
genres: Biography, Witches, History, 18th Century, American History, Religion, Nonfiction, Christianity
ratings_count: 105
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Bancroft Prize
publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers