Faith and Boundaries: Colonists, Christianity, and Community among the Wampanoag Indians of Martha's Vineyard, 1600-1871 (Studies in North American Indian History)
"Faith and Boundaries is one of the best books on New England's Indian history and a vital contribution to the literature of contact and community survival in early America."- William and Mary Quarterly"Faith and Boundaries is one of the finest books to appear in some time about Southern New England Indians."- American Indian Culture and Research Journal"This elegantly written, exhaustively researched book deserves a wide readership and is sure to have a lasting impact on our understanding of the role of Christianity in early American Indian history."- Journal of Ecclesiastical History"Faith and Boundaries is a fine addition to the growing number of New England 'town studies' that focus on Indian communities.  Silverman...shows how Indian managed to survive on the margins of New England society, and his book in an important and well-researched contribution to the literature."- The New England Quarterly"David J. Silverman has written a compelling and original history of the Wampanoag Indians of Martha's Vineyard using extensive archival research, personal interviews with contemporary Wampanoag residents of Martha's Vineyard, and a firm grasp of the secondary scholarship available on the Algonquian peoples of New England...[He] uses his sources expertly, reconstructing individual lives and experiences to paint a far more complex picture of Indian life on the island than has hitherto been available."-The Journal of American History"This book provides a comprehensive and well-written analysis of the American Indian communities of southern New England and their critical engagement with the British colonial world... The book has an epic quality.... As a student of both James Axtell and John Murrin, Silverman is uniquely positioned to treat both sides of the colonial encounter well, and he succeeds in fully integrating American Indian history into the broad sweep of the Atlantic world."- American Historical Review"Silverman's breadth of research, his clear and consistent line of analysis, and his skillful balance of engaging story-telling and detailed documentation, make the work a fascinating and valuable resource."- The Catholic Historical Review