- 192 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Anne Bradstreet
About This Book
Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. But all, through their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires, uniquely illuminate our shared experience
When she arrived in the New World at eighteen, Anne Bradstreet was a reluctant passenger:
her old, comfortable lifestyle in England was quickly dashed against the rocks of the Massachusetts
Bay. While the wilderness of America and the drama of establishing the Massachusetts Bay Colony at times overwhelmed her, she always took refuge in the belief that it was God's plan. Anne respected the Puritan teachings and followed them her entire life, always searching for God's hand in everything around her. But she also was inspired by a strong female leader of the day, Queen Elizabeth, and
this influence taught Anne to push herself beyond the day's limitations. She managed her home, educated her children, encouraged her husband, and sought her Lordâall with a poet's heart.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. England
- 2. An Unexpected New Venture
- 3. âWe Shall Be as a City upon a Hillâ
- 4. New England
- 5. A Home at Last
- 6. âIt Pleased Godâ
- 7. In the Wilderness
- 8. Mistress Hutchinson
- 9. Liberties and Losses
- 10. Andover
- 11. The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
- 12. Lamentations
- 13. âWeary Pilgrim, Now at Restâ
- 14. Sailing Toward Port
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- About the Author