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Plymouth Rock and the Great Awakening

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2009

Mark L. Sargent
Mark L. Sargent
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Mark L. Sargent is Associate Professor in the Department of English, Biola University, La Mirada, California, USA 90639.
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Journal of American Studies , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , August 1988 , pp. 249 - 255
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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