Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger Among the PilgrimsMacmillan, 1. 4. 2007 - Počet stran: 272 David Lindsay, researching old records to learn details of the life of his ancestor, Richard More, soon found himself in the position of the Sorcerer's Apprentice-wherever he looked for one item, ten more appeared. What he found illuminated not only More's own life but painted a clear and satisfying picture of the way the First Comers, Saints and Strangers alike, set off for the new land, suffered the voyage on the Mayflower, and put down their roots to thrive on our continent's northeastern shore. From the story, Richard emerges as a man of questionable morals, much enterprise, and a good deal of old-fashioned pluck, a combination that could get him into trouble-and often did. He lived to father several children, to see, near the end of his life, a friend executed as a witch in Salem, and to be read out of the church for unseemly behavior. Mayflower Bastard lets readers see history in a new light by turning an important episode into a personal experience. |
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... Puritans, two distinct images generally come to mind. One is of the Mayflower passengers, having survived the high seas and a raging sickness, celebrating their first Thanksgiving dinner. The other is of ordinary citizens being hanged ...
... Puritans, how it resembled, and was often compared with, the Spanish Inquisition? No jury, no lawyer, judges having the right to ask defendants almost anything, then imprison them in roofless shelters in winter, shackled, starved, all ...
... Puritan during the English Civil War.11 The reasons for such an argument are understandable. What is at stake is the origin myth of a nation, your tale of the Ancient Beginning from which everything else has flowered. Any aspersions ...
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THE PROMISED LAND | |
A MOTHERS WISH | |
TO | |
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF RICHARD MORE | |
THE BELL | |
THE QUAKER CRISIS | |
BATTLES LARGE AND SMALL | |
UNDER WATCHFUL EYES | |
HYPOCRISY UNMASKD | |
HYSTERIA | |
STONE REMAINS | |