Insubordinate Spirit: A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest America 1610-1665 (Paperback)
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Description
The story of Elizabeth Winthrop (daughter-in-law of John Winthrop) takes us through four marriages, seven children and surviving multiple battles to protect her land, her religion, and her life. Author Missy Wolfe's ability to bring to life the turmoil of the earliest days of Connecticut, telling the stories of not just the victors (the English) but the other settlers struggling to find a foothold in the New World, makes this an especially interesting glimpse into American history.
About the Author
Missy Wolfe is a historian who has researched earliest Connecticut history for many years and lectures on it regionally. She holds an MBA from Columbia University and is a former advertising strategist and copywriter in New York.
Praise for Insubordinate Spirit: A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest America 1610-1665…
“Missy Wolfe’s work is an important contribution to the literature of New Netherland.”Dr. Charles Gehring, Director, The New Netherland Research Center “Wolfe has the rare ability to glean rich and engaging stories of real people from centuries-old archival sources.”Ondine Le BlancDirector of Publications, Massachusetts Historical Society “Missy Wolfe's work on Greenwich's earliest history has made a huge contribution to our understanding of this complex period in time wrapped in so much Romanticism.”Debra Mecky, Ph.D., Executive Director, Greenwich Historical Society “Extremely informative and corrects a lot of folklore.”Ron Marcus, Stamford Historical Society “The real treasure of this work is the uncovering of the lost world of the New Netherland / New England borderlands. Wolfe's focus on Elizabeth lets her get at this in a way that the majority of accounts, which focus on men, miss."Evan Haefeli, Associate Professor of History, Columbia University
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