📚 2 Books mentioned in "The Puritans in America | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW" of Stuff You Should Know
Podcast: Stuff You Should Know
Episode: The Puritans in America | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Published on July 17, 2024
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
1491
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Yeah, so all of the Native Americans, even though their society was completely upended, and I guess here's my chance to mention 1491 again because it covers all of this stuff. Man, it's been a while.
A host makes a passing reference to the book '1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus', which explores Native American society before Columbus. They mention it in the context of discussing the significant impact of European diseases on Native American populations prior to the arrival of the Puritans.
The Scarlet Letter
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So you'd think, of course, like I mean they're famous for the Scarlet Letter! These are the people who branded Hester Prynne with The Scarlet Letter!
The hosts are discussing the Puritan stance on extramarital sex and infidelity, highlighting their association with 'The Scarlet Letter'. They reference the act of publicly marking Hester Prynne, a character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, as an adulterer.