The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630–1649 - Abridged Edition

This abridged edition of Winthrops journal, which incorporates about 40 percent of the governors text, with his spelling and punctuation modernized, includes a lively Introduction and complete annotation.

About the author

Richard S. Dunn is Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of Pennsylvania. Among his publications are Sugar and Slaves in 1972; The Papers of William Penn, edited with Mary Maples Dunn, in four volumes published in 1981–1987; and The Journal of John Winthrop, edited with Laetitia Yeandle, published in 1996. He also designed the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and was its founding director.Laetitia Yeandle is Curator of Manuscripts at the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Summary

The abridged edition of Winthrop's journal, which incorporates about 40 percent of the governor's text, includes a lively introduction and complete annotation.

Product details

• Authors: John Winthrop
• Assisted by: Richard S. Dunn (Editor), James Savage (Editor), Laetitia Yeandle (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1997
• EAN: 9780674484276
• ISBN: 978-0-674-48427-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Weight: 526 g
• Series: John Harvard Library; John Harvard Library (Paperbac; The John Harvard Library
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science