Anne Bradstreet, D.B. Kellogg
Anne Bradstreet, D.B. Kellogg
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Anne Bradstreet
A Biography of a Poet and Puritan

Author: D.B. Kellogg

Narrator: Charity Spencer

Unabridged: 4 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 07/25/2023


Synopsis

Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. But all, through their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires, uniquely illuminate our shared experience When she arrived in the New World at eighteen, Anne Bradstreet was a reluctant passenger:her old, comfortable lifestyle in England was quickly dashed against the rocks of the MassachusettsBay. While the wilderness of America and the drama of establishing the Massachusetts Bay Colony at times overwhelmed her, she always took refuge in the belief that it was God’s plan.  Anne respected the Puritan teachings and followed them her entire life, always searching for God’s hand in everything around her. But she also was inspired by a strong female leader of the day, Queen Elizabeth, andthis influence taught Anne to push herself beyond the day’s limitations. She managed her home, educated her children, encouraged her husband, and sought her Lord—all with a poet’s heart. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Coyle

In this short biography, D.B. Kellogg never says that Anne Bradstreet fought off a pack of angry bears with an axe while surrounded by chanting Native Americans in war paint, but she might very well have written a poem about it... The difficult thing about writing a biography about someone like Anne......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy

The challenge with writing a biography on Anne Bradstreet is that there isn't a lot of information available. Nevertheless, in telling Anne's story, Kellogg weaves in carefully chosen examples from other known historical sources as well as excerpts from Anne's poetry and writing. Her well-supported......more

I was excited to read a book about a woman from colonial Massachusetts who was a Puritan and poet. Anne's marriage is an arranged one. She was reluctant to leave her home in England for the New World; but, did so as a dutiful wife and daughter. Anne loved to write poetry but knew it was forbidden so......more

Goodreads review by Sela

After reading the description, I was excited to read this book. However, it did not live up to my expectations. The book is full of facts and factoids about the era in which Mistress Bradstreet lived, but had little information about her as a person or about her poetry. The book has information abou......more