Download or read book Puritan Family written by Edmund S. Morgan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1966-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Puritans came to New England not merely to save their souls but to establish a "visible" kingdom of God, a society where outward conduct would be according to God's laws. This book discusses the desire of the Puritans to be socially virtuous and their wish to force social virtue upon others.