The First Book Printed in British North America, 1640
by
Zoltan Haraszti
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
The founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony came to the New World seeking religious freedom, and their first publication was a hymnal: The Bay Psalm Book, printed just twenty years after the Pilgrims' arrival. This book, with which the Pilgrims literally sang their praises to God, presents a translation...