The last Puritan vs Windy McPherson's son: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Young men, Coming-of-age, Fiction
The last Puritan
“In the first years after the war Mario Van de Weyer was almost my neighbour in Paris, for he lived just where the Left Bank ceases to be the Latin Quarter and I where it is not yet the Faubourg Saint Germain.”
"Published in 1935, George Santayana's The Last Puritan was the American philosopher's only novel and it became an instant best seller, immediately linked in its painful voyage of self-discovery to The Education of…
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Windy McPherson's son
This is a Historical Fiction Book. The bookl tells that A young boy grows up in rural Iowa. "At the beginning of the long twilight of a summer evening, Sam McPherson, a tall big-boned boy of thirteen, with brown hair,…
The verdict
- Readers rate The last Puritan highest: The last Puritan 3.8 · Windy McPherson's son 3.6.
- Windy McPherson's son is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 11 for The last Puritan.
- The last Puritan has the widest readership — 114 ratings behind its score.
- The last Puritan reaches further in scholarship and criticism — cited 7 times.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The last Puritan | Windy McPherson's son | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (114) | 3.5 (65) |
Reception
| The last Puritan | Windy McPherson's son | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 114 | 65 |
| Editions | 12 | 19 |
| Citations | 7 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 780 | 130 |
| Reading it now | 6 | 9 |
| Written reviews | 28 | 15 |
| Wikipedia attention | 373 | 104 |
| Pages | 602 | 330 |