{"product_id":"early-american-writing-isbn-9780140390872","title":"Early American Writing","description":"Drawing materials from journals and diaries, political documents and religious sermons, prose and poetry, Giles Gunn's anthology provides a panoramic survey of early American life and literature—including voices black and white, male and female, Hispanic, French, and Native American.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrefigurations (1): Native American Mythology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNEBAGO: This Newly Created World\u003cbr\u003eCHEROKEE: How the World Was Made\u003cbr\u003eBERING STRAIT ESKIMO: Raven Creation Myth\u003cbr\u003eHOPI: How the Spaniards Came to Shung-opovi, How They Build a Mission, and How the Hopi Destroyed the Mission\u003cbr\u003eIROQUOIS: Iroquois or Confederacy of the Five Nations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrefigurations (2): The Literature of Imagination and Discovery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANONYMOUS: from \u003ci\u003eThe Saga of Eric the Red\u003c\/i\u003e (c. 1000)\u003cbr\u003eCHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (1451?-1506): from a \u003ci\u003eLetter to Lord Raphael Sanchez, Treasurer to Ferdinand and Isabella, King and Queen of Spain, on His First Voyage\u003c\/i\u003e (1493)\u003cbr\u003eAMERIGO VESPUCCI (1454-1512): from \u003ci\u003eMundus Novus\u003c\/i\u003e (Letter on His Third Voyage to Lorenzo Pietro Francesco de Medici, 1503)\u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS MORE (1478-1535): from \u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e (1551)\u003cbr\u003eALVAR NUÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA (1490?-1557?): from \u003ci\u003eThe Narrative of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca\u003c\/i\u003e (1542)\u003cbr\u003ePEDRO DE CASTEÑEDA (1510?-1570?): from \u003ci\u003eThe Narrative of the Expedition of Coronado\u003c\/i\u003e (c. 1562)\u003cbr\u003ePETER MARTYR (1455-1526) and RICHARD EDEN (1521-1576): from \u003ci\u003eThe Decades of the New World or West India\u003c\/i\u003e (1555)\u003cbr\u003eMICHEL DE MONTAIGNE (1533-1592): from \u003ci\u003eOf Cannibals\u003c\/i\u003e (1580)\u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS HARIOT (1560-1621): from \u003ci\u003eBrief and True Report of the New-found Land of Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e (1588)\u003cbr\u003eSIR WALTER RALEIGH (1544-1618): from \u003ci\u003eThe Discovery of Guiana\u003c\/i\u003e (1595)\u003cbr\u003eMICHAEL DRAYTON (1563-1631): \u003ci\u003eTo the Virginian Voyage\u003c\/i\u003e (1606)\u003cbr\u003eRICHARD HAKLUYT (1552?-1616): from \u003ci\u003eThe Famous Voyage of Sir Francis Drake\u003c\/i\u003e (1628)\u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616): from \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e (1611)\u003cbr\u003eFRANCIS BACON (1561-1626): from \u003ci\u003eThe New Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e (1627)\u003cbr\u003eSAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN (1567-1635): from \u003ci\u003eThe Voyages of Samuel de Champlain\u003c\/i\u003e (1604-1618)\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE HERBERT (1593-1633): from \u003ci\u003eThe Church Militant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Literature of Settlement and Colonization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOHN SMITH (1580-1631): from \u003ci\u003eA True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Noate as Hath Hapned in Virginia Since the First Planting of That Collony\u003c\/i\u003e (1608); from \u003ci\u003eA Description of New England\u003c\/i\u003e (1616)\u003cbr\u003eJOHN COTTON (1584-1652): from \u003ci\u003eGod's Promise to His Plantations\u003c\/i\u003e (1630)\u003cbr\u003eALEXANDER WHITAKER (1585-1616?): from \u003ci\u003eGood News from Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e (1613)\u003cbr\u003eJOHN WINTHROP (1587-1649): from \u003ci\u003eA Modell of Christian Charity\u003c\/i\u003e (1630)\u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM BRADFORD (1590-1657): from \u003ci\u003eOf Plymouth Plantation\u003c\/i\u003e (1630-1651):\u003cbr\u003efrom Chapter I #The Separatist Interpretation of the Reformation in England, 1550-1607#\u003cbr\u003efrom Chapter II #Of Their Departure to Holland and the Troubles and Difficulties They Met with There. Anno 1608#\u003cbr\u003efrom Chapter III #Of Their Settlement in Holland and Their Life There#\u003cbr\u003efrom Chapter IV #On the Reasons and Causes of Their Removal#\u003cbr\u003efrom Chapter IX #Of their Voyage, and How They Passed the Sea, and of Their Safe Arrival at Cape Cod#\u003cbr\u003efrom Chapter XI #The Remainder of Anno 1620: Starving Time; Indian Relations#\u003cbr\u003efrom Chapter XIX #Anno Domini 1628: Thomas Morton of Merry-mont#\u003cbr\u003efrom Chapter XXXII #Anno Domini 1642: Wickedness Breaks Forth#\u003cbr\u003efrom Chapter XXXIII #Anno Domini 1643: The Life and Death of Elder Brewster#\u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS MORTON (1579?-1647): from \u003ci\u003eThe New English Canaan\u003c\/i\u003e (1637)\u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS HOOKER (1586?-1647): from \u003ci\u003eA True Sight of Sin\u003c\/i\u003e (1659)\u003cbr\u003eANN HUTCHINSON (1591-1643): from \u003ci\u003eThe Examination of Mrs. Ann Hutchinson at the Court at Newtown\u003c\/i\u003e (1637)\u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS SHEPARD (1605-1649): \u003ci\u003eThe Covenant of Grace\u003c\/i\u003e (1651)ANN BRADSTREET (1612?-1672): \u003ci\u003eThe Prologue\u003c\/i\u003e (1650)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Author to Her Book\u003cbr\u003eBefore the Birth of One of Her Children\u003cbr\u003eContemplations\u003cbr\u003eTo My Dear and Loving Husband\u003cbr\u003eA Letter to Her Husband, Absent upon Publick Employment\u003cbr\u003eIn Memory of My Dear Grand-Child Elizabeth Bradstreet, Who Deceased August, 1655, Being a Year and a Half Old\u003cbr\u003eHere Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House (July 10, 1666)\u003cbr\u003eTo My Dear Children\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROGER WILLIAMS (1613-1683): from \u003ci\u003eThe Bloudy Tenent of Persecution\u003c\/i\u003e (1644)\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe Hireling Ministry None of Christs\u003c\/i\u003e (1652)\u003cbr\u003eSAMUEL DANFORTH (1626-1674): from \u003ci\u003eA Brief Recognition of New England's Errand into the Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e (1671)\u003cbr\u003eMICHAEL WIGGLESWORTH (1631-1705): from \u003ci\u003eGod's Controversy with New-England\u003c\/i\u003e (1662)\u003cbr\u003eMARY ROWLANDSON (1635?-1678?): from \u003ci\u003eA Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson\u003c\/i\u003e (1682)\u003cbr\u003eEDWARD TAYLOR (1644?-1729): from  God's Determinations Concerning His Elect (c. 1680): The Preface; The Souls Groan to Christ for Succour; Christ's Reply\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003ePrepatory Meditations\u003c\/i\u003e: First Series Meditations (1, 8, 38, 39)\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eOccasional Poems\u003c\/i\u003e: Upon a Spider Catching a Fly; Huswifery; The Ebb \u0026amp; Flow\u003cbr\u003eSAMUEL SEWALL (1652-1730): from \u003ci\u003eThe Diary of Samuel Sewall\u003c\/i\u003e (1674-1729)\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003ePhaenomena quaedam Apocalyptica\u003c\/i\u003e (1697)\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe Selling of Joseph\u003c\/i\u003e (1700)\u003cbr\u003eCOTTON MATHER (1633-1728): from \u003ci\u003eMagnalia Christi Americana\u003c\/i\u003e (1702):\u003cbr\u003eA General Introduction\u003cbr\u003eGaleacius Secundus: The Life of William Bradford, Esq., Governor of Plymouth Colony\u003cbr\u003eSARAH KEMBLE KNIGHT (1666-1727): from \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Madam Knight\u003c\/i\u003e (1704-1710)\u003cbr\u003eEBENEZER COOK (1670-c. 1732): from \u003ci\u003eThe Sot-Weed Factor; or, a Voyage to Maryland, \u0026amp;c.\u003c\/i\u003e (1708)\u003cbr\u003eROBERT BEVERLEY (c. 1673-1722): from \u003ci\u003eThe History and Present State of Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e (1705):Chapter I: Showing What Happened in the First Attempts to Settle Virginia, Before the Discovery of Chesapeake Bay\u003cbr\u003eChapter II: Containing an Account of the First Settlement of Chesapeake Bay, in Virginia, by the Corporation of London Adventurers, and Their Proceedings During Their Government by a President and Council Elective\u003cbr\u003eChapter III: Showing What Happened After the Alteration of the Government From an Elective President to a Commissionated Governor, Until the Dissolution of the Company\u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM BYRD II (1674-1744): from \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover\u003c\/i\u003e (1719-1720)\u003cbr\u003eFRAY CARLOS JOSÉ DELGADO (1677-c. 1750): \u003ci\u003eReport made by Rev. Father Fray Carlos Delgado to our Reverence Father Ximeno concerning the abominable hostilities and tyrannies of the governors and alcaldes mayores toward the Indians, to the consternation of the custodia\u003c\/i\u003e (1750)\u003cbr\u003eJONATHAN EDWARDS (1703-1758): \u003ci\u003eSarah Pierrepont\u003c\/i\u003e (1723)\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003ePersonal Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e (1740)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSinners in the Hands of an Angry God\u003c\/i\u003e (1741)\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eA Treatise Concerning Religious Affections\u003c\/i\u003e (1746)\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of True Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e (1765)\u003cbr\u003eBENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790): \u003ci\u003eThe Way to Wealth\u003c\/i\u003e (Preface to \u003ci\u003ePoor Richard Improved\u003c\/i\u003e) (1758)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAddress to the Public; from the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage\u003c\/i\u003e (1782)\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eInformation to Those Who Would Remove to America\u003c\/i\u003e (1784)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemarks Concerning the Savages of North America\u003c\/i\u003e (1784)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpeech in the Convention at the Conclusion of Its Deliberations\u003c\/i\u003e (September 17, 1787)\u003cbr\u003efrom The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1784, 1788)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetter to Ezra Styles\u003c\/i\u003e (March 9, 1790)\u003cbr\u003eELIZABETH ASHBRIDGE (1713-1755): from \u003ci\u003eSome Account of the Early Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge...Written by Herself\u003c\/i\u003e (1807)\u003cbr\u003eJONATHAN MAYHEW (1720-1766): from \u003ci\u003eA Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers\u003c\/i\u003e (1750)\u003cbr\u003eJOHN WOOLMAN (1720-1772): from \u003ci\u003eSome Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes\u003c\/i\u003e (1754)\u003cbr\u003eFRANCISCO PALOU (1723-1789): from \u003ci\u003eLife of Junipero Serra\u003c\/i\u003e (1787)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNative American Literature in the Colonial Period\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorth American Indian Oratory\u003cbr\u003eCHIEF POWHATAN(1609)\u003cbr\u003eCHIEF CANASSATEGO (1742)\u003cbr\u003eCHIEF LOGAN(1774)\u003cbr\u003eCHIEF PACHGANTSCHILIAS(1787)\u003cbr\u003eCHIEF  TECUMSEH(1810)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterature of the Early Republic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799): from \u003ci\u003eThe Farewell Address to the People of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e (September 17, 1796)\u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS JEFFERSON (1734-1826): from \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eNotes on the State of Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e (1785):from Query IV. #A Notice of Its Mountains?#\u003cbr\u003efrom Query V. #Its Cascades and Caverns?#\u003cbr\u003efrom Query XI. #A Description of the Indians Established in that State?#from Query XVII. #Religion?#\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Act for Establishing Religious Freedom in the State of Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e (1786)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Inaugural Address\u003c\/i\u003e (March 4, 1801)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetter to James Madison\u003c\/i\u003e (December 20, 1787)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetter to Dr. Benjamin Rush\u003c\/i\u003e (April 21, 1803)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetter to Peter Carr\u003c\/i\u003e (August 19, 1785)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetter to Thomas Law, Esq.\u003c\/i\u003e (June 13, 1814)\u003cbr\u003eJOHN ADAMS (1735-1826): from the Preface to \u003ci\u003eA Defense of the Constitutions of Government\u003c\/i\u003e (1787)\u003cbr\u003eJ. HECTOR ST. JEAN DE CREVECOEUR (1737-1818): from \u003ci\u003eLetters of an American Farmer\u003c\/i\u003e (1782):from Letter III. #What is an American?#\u003cbr\u003efrom Letter IX. #Thoughts on Slavery; On Physical Evil; A Melancholy Scene#\u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS PAINE (1737-1809): \u003ci\u003eAn Occasional Letter on the Female Sex\u003c\/i\u003e (1775)\u003cbr\u003efrom the Introduction to \u003ci\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/i\u003e (1776)\u003cbr\u003efrom \u003ci\u003eOf the Religion of Deism Compared with the Christian Religion, and the Superiority of the Former over the Latter\u003c\/i\u003e (1804)\u003cbr\u003eWILLIAM BARTRAM (1739-1823): from \u003ci\u003eTravels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida\u003c\/i\u003e (1791)\u003cbr\u003eABIGAIL ADAMS (1744-1818): \u003ci\u003eLetters to John Adams\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003eMarch 31, 1776\u003cbr\u003eApril 5, 1776\u003cbr\u003eJuly 13, 1776\u003cbr\u003eAugust 14, 1776\u003cbr\u003eApril 10, 1782\u003cbr\u003eGUSTAVUS VASSA #OLAUDAH EQUIANO# (1745-1797): from \u003ci\u003eThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Oloudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself\u003c\/i\u003e (1789)\u003cbr\u003eHUGH HENRY BRACKENRIDGE (1748-1816): from \u003ci\u003eModern Chivalry\u003c\/i\u003e (1792): Chapter I; Chapter III; Chapter V\u003cbr\u003eJOHN TRUMBULL: \"The Liberty Pole\" from \u003ci\u003eM'Fingal\u003c\/i\u003e (1782)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist Papers\u003c\/i\u003e (1787-1788):\u003cbr\u003eNo. 1 #Alexander Hamilton# (1787)\u003cbr\u003eNo. 10 #James Madison# (1787)\u003cbr\u003eJUDITH SARGENT MURRAY (1751-1820): \u003ci\u003eOn the Equality of the Sexes\u003c\/i\u003e (1790)\u003cbr\u003eTIMOTHY DWIGHT (1752-1817): from \u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e (1790)\u003cbr\u003ePHILIP FRENEAU (1752-1832): \u003ci\u003eOn the Emigration to America\u003c\/i\u003e (1784)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wild Honey Suckle\u003c\/i\u003e (1786)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Indian Burying Ground\u003c\/i\u003e (1787)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Mr. Paine's Rights of Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1791)\u003cbr\u003ePHILLIS WHEATLY (1753?-1784): \u003ci\u003eOn Being Brought from Africa to America\u003c\/i\u003e (1773)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Death of the Rev. 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