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Books in Colonial Leaders series

  • Jonathan Edwards: Colonial Religious Leader

    Norma Jean Lutz, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Nov. 1, 2000)
    Offers a biography of the clergyman who played a major role in eighteenth-century American religious life and served as president of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University.
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  • Sir William Berkeley: Governor of Virginia

    Phelan Powell, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Offers a biography of the royal governor of Virginia at the time of the uprising known as Bacon's Rebellion, and presents information on his era.
  • Peter Stuyvesant: Dutch Military Leader

    Joan Banks, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Feb. 1, 2000)
    A biography of the hot-tempered leader who, though intolerant and unpopular, brought major reforms to the colony of New Netherlands before its surrender to the British in 1664.
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  • William Bradford: Governor of Plymouth Colony

    Marianne Hering, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 2000)
    A biography of William Bradford, from his childhood and religious persecution in England to his years as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony.
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  • James Oglethorpe: Humanitarian and Soldier

    Cookie Lommel, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Nov. 1, 2000)
    A biography of the English founder and first governor of the colony of Georgia who was active in politics and penal reform.
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  • John Winthrop: Politician and Statesman

    Elizabeth Russell Connelly, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Feb. 1, 2001)
    Offers a biography of Puritan leader who became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • George Whitefield: Clergyman and Scholar

    Susan Martins Miller, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Dec. 1, 2000)
    Offers a biography of the English clergyman whose missionary work in the American colonies helped to set off the religious movement known as the Great Awakening.
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  • George Whitefield: Clergyman and Scholar

    Susan Martins Miller, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Dec. 1, 2000)
    Offers a biography of the English clergyman whose missionary work in the American colonies helped to set off the religious movement known as the Great Awakening.
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  • Jonathan Edwards: Colonial Religious Leader

    Norma Jean Lutz, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Offers a biography of the clergyman who played a major role in eighteenth-century American religious life and served as president of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University.
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  • Cotton Mather: Author, Clergyman, and Scholar

    Norma Jean Lutz, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 2000)
    Captures the life of the preacher and his impact upon the colonial time period by focusing on his religious books and ideas
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  • John Smith: English Explorer and Colonist

    Tara Baukus Mello, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 2000)
    A biography of the colonist and explorer who led the struggling Jamestown colony through its early years and helped found Virginia.
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  • John Winthrop: Politician and Statesman

    Elizabeth Russell Connelly, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Nov. 1, 2000)
    Offers a biography of Puritan leader who became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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