The Return of the Puritans Author:Patricia O. Brooks Do you know how America began? That the 17th century Pilgrims and Puritans founded local self-government?...The Return of the Puritans, a unique book, answers these and other questions. Documented rather than dogmatic, scholarly but not stuffy, shocking but not sensational---it offers hope and faith for those willing to trust the God of the Puri... more »tans. Our coins say we do. Our only hope as a people is to return to His principles in government as well as in our private lives.« less