Title: Pilgrims
Description: This book uncovers what might seem to be a dark side of the American dream: the New World from the viewpoint of those who decided not to stay. At the core of the volume are the life histories of people who left New England during the British Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1640-1660. More than a third of the ministers who had stirred up emigration from England deserted their flocks to return home. The colonists' stories challenge our perceptions of early settlement and the religious ideal of New England as a "City on a Hill." America was a stage in their journey, not an end in itself.-publisher's description.
Subjects: Congregationalism, Immigrants, Church history, Emigration and immigration, History, Pilgrims (new plymouth colony), Immigrants, united states, Massachusetts, history, New england, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Massachusetts, church history, New england, church history, Great britain, emigration and immigration, New england, emigration and immigration
Places: Connecticut, England, Massachusetts, New England
Time periods: 17th century, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775