My favorite early American history book of 2016 was Ann Little’s The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright. Over at Historiann, Little informs us that the subject of her book was born 321 years ago today. Happy Birthday Esther!
I highly recommend The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright, but don’t take my word for it. Listen to Little talk about Esther, women’s history, and biography in Episode 11 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast.
It looks like we are not the only historians who like the book. Here is a taste of Little’s post:
It’s Esther Wheelwright’s 321st birthday! She was born March 31, 1696 (Old Style).* Since Esther has been dead for 237 years, I was thrilled to accept a birthday present on her behalf in the form of a rave review of my book, The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright, at the Christian Century! (H/t to friend and blog reader Susan for passing it along.) In “Women Who Do Things,” Margaret Bendroth, the executive director of the Congregational Library and author of The Last Puritans: Mainline Protestants and the Power of the Past (among many other titles), gets my book exactly right.
Read the rest here.
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