Histories of the Book in Indian Country, 1663-1880
by
Phillip H. Round
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
In 1663, the Puritan missionary John Eliot, with the help of a Nipmuck convert whom the English called James Printer, produced the first Bible printed in North America. It was printed not in English but in Algonquian, making it one of the first books printed in a Native language. In this ambitious...