{"product_id":"god-war-and-providence-the-epic-struggle-of-roger-williams-and-the-narragansett-indians-against-the-puritans-of-new-england-9781501180422","title":"God, War, and Providence: The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians Against the Puritans of New England","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe tragic and fascinating history of the first epic struggle between white settlers and Native Americans in the early seventeenth century: \"a riveting historical validation of emancipatory impulses frustrated in their own time\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) as determined Narragansett Indians refused to back down and accept English authority.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA devout Puritan minister in seventeenth-century New England, Roger Williams was also a social critic, diplomat, theologian, and politician who fervently believed in tolerance. Yet his orthodox brethren were convinced tolerance fostered anarchy and courted God's wrath. Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635, Williams purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and laid the foundations for the colony of Rhode Island as a place where Indian and English cultures could flourish side by side, in peace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the seventeenth century wore on, a steadily deepening antagonism developed between an expansionist, aggressive Puritan culture and an increasingly vulnerable, politically divided Indian population. Indian tribes that had been at the center of the New England communities found themselves shunted off to the margins of the region. By the 1660s, all the major Indian peoples in southern New England had come to accept English authority, either tacitly or explicitly. All, except one: the Narragansetts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGod, War, and Providence\u003c\/i\u003e \"James A. Warren transforms what could have been merely a Pilgrim version of cowboys and Indians into a sharp study of cultural contrast...a well-researched cameo of early America\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e). He explores the remarkable and little-known story of the alliance between Roger Williams's Rhode Island and the Narragansett Indians, and how they joined forces to retain their autonomy and their distinctive ways of life against Puritan encroachment. Deeply researched, \"Warren's well-written monograph contains a great deal of insight into the tactics of war on the frontier\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) and serves as a telling precedent for white-Native American encounters along the North American frontier for the next 250 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11764404\"\u003eJames A. Warren\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501180422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501180428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036100\"\u003eUnited States | State \u0026amp; Local | New England (CT, MA, ME, NH,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036020\"\u003eUnited States | Colonial Period (1600-1775)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS028000\"\u003eIndigenous Peoples of the Americas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames A. Warren is a writer and former visiting scholar in the American Studies Department at Brown University. A regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast, \u003c\/i\u003eWarren is the author of \u003ci\u003eGod, War, and Providence\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGiap: The General Who Defeated America in Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Spartans: The United States Marines: A Combat History from Iwo Jima to Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. His articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eMHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVietnam Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSociety\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal. \u003c\/i\u003eFor many years Warren was an acquisitions editor in the fields of history, religion, and ethnic studies at Columbia University Press. Educated at Brown, he lives in Saunderstown, Rhode Island.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699283464429,"sku":"9781501180422","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_46d2b166-35b4-4cea-9b3f-006ad87bf367.jpg?v=1649914847","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/god-war-and-providence-the-epic-struggle-of-roger-williams-and-the-narragansett-indians-against-the-puritans-of-new-england-9781501180422","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}