Reluctant Revolutionary: The Life and Legacy of Pastor Andrew Eliot (1718-1778) of Boston

Andrew Eliot (1718-1778) was one of the most prominent Boston leaders in the second half of the eighteenth century. As minister of one of the city's biggest churches, his was an important political as well as religious voice into the earliest years of the American War for Independence. But Eliot has often been neglected or misunderstood. In this first full biography, John S. Oakes draws on multiple sources to offer a fresh portrait of the Boston minister as: - a moderate but orthodox Calvin...