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Early New England
The idea of covenant was at the heart of early New England society. In this singular book David Weir explores the origins and development of covenant thought in America by analyzing the town and church documents written and signed by seventeenth-century New Englanders. Unmatched in the breadth of its scope, this study takes into account all of the surviving covenants in all of the New England colonies. Weir's comprehensive survey of seventeenth-century covenants leads to a more complex picture of early New England than what emerges from looking at only a few famous civil covenants like the Mayflower Compact. His work shows covenant theology being transformed into a covenantal vision for society but also reveals the stress and strains on church-state relationships that eventually led to more secularized colonial governments in eighteenth-century New England. He concludes that New England colonial society was much more "English" and much less "American" than has often been thought, and that the New England colonies substantially mirrored religious and social change in Old England.
Soldier with No Past
When Alfredo Sanchez was approached on the street in May of 1928, he received life-changing news about his own past. An apparent stranger informed Alfredo that they had served together in World War I, and that he was then known as "Perry." Absent-minded and struggling to hold down a job due to memory issues, Alfred began to uncover the truth of his forgotten life. He discovered that in 1917, Hector Perez (Alfred's true name) had enlisted in the United States Army under the name Hector H. Perry. What unfolded next is a story of injustice, mystery, memory loss, family secrets and dire straits. Participating in and surviving through seven of the bloodiest battles in France, Hector appears to ha...
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