The Winthrop Covenant

From 'A Special Message to the Members of The First Edition Society': "These stories...are arranged chronologically from 1630 to the present day and are designed to trace, by the use of fiction and dramatized history, the rise and fall of the Puritan ethic in New York and New England. By Puritan ethic I mean that preoccupying sense, found in certain individuals, of a mission, presumably divinely inspired, toward their fellow men. To show how different puritans have accepted, converted, stood aside from or rejected the burden of this mission, I have chosen members of the Winthrop family...."


Genre: Literary Fiction