Daniel K. Richter

Reading Roger Williams

History & Biography

“Reading Roger Williams is no mere compilation of an icon’s works. Drawing on the best recent scholarship and placing carefully selected excerpts of Williams’s public and private writings alongside the words of his contemporaries, the authors embed a very human Williams in rich historical contexts. Readers hoping to understand the religious, political, and personal underpinnings of English attempts to colonize Indigenous America can find no better guide on their journey.”