The dramatic story of the birth of Rhode Island from 1636 to 1654. With hundreds of original quotes transcribed from early handwritten documents, this insightful analysis by historian Dennis Allen O'Toole makes you feel like you're living in the mid- 1600's, during the blossoming of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Learn how the four original towns around Narragansett Bay (Providence, Portsmouth, Newport, and Warwick) coalesced into a union that was without precedent in the history of British Colonial America. Get into the minds of the colorful personalities who made...