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  • William Bradford: Governor of Plymouth Colony

    Marianne Hering, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (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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  • Caesar Rodney: American Patriot

    Susan McCarthy Melchiore, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Offers a biography of the Delaware planter and politician who is best known for his eighty-mile ride to Philadelphia in order to participate in the crucial vote on the Declaration of Independence.
    T

  • Lord Baltimore: English Politician and Colonist

    Loree Lough, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 2000)
    A biography of the Catholic baron who became the founder of the state of Maryland.
    R

  • Miles Standish: Plymouth Colony Leader

    Susan Martins Miller, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Feb. 15, 2000)
    Presents a biography of the courageous leader who arrived in America on the Mayflower and led the defense of Plymouth Colony.
    T

  • Sir Walter Raleigh: English Explorer and Author

    Susan Korman, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Offers a biography of English seaman who sailed for queen Elizabeth I and sponsored the first English settlement in North America.
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  • Peter Stuyvesant: Dutch Military Leader

    Joan Banks, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, March 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.
    P

  • Miles Standish: Plymouth Colony Leader

    Susan Martins Miller, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 2000)
    Presents a biography of the courageous leader who arrived in America on the Mayflower and led the defense of Plymouth Colony.
    R

  • Anne Hutchinson: Religious Leader

    Beth Clark, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 2000)
    A biography of the Puritan woman who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for disagreeing with the prevailing religious practices.
    T

  • Anne Hutchinson: Religious Leader

    Beth Clark, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 2000)
    A biography of the Puritan woman who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for disagreeing with the prevailing religious practices.
    T

  • John Peter Zenger: Free Press Advocate

    Karen Westermann, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Offers a biography of the colonial New York printer whose trial for offending the governor helped to establish the principle of freedom of the press.
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  • 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.