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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... Record Office; Harman Clark, for his information on the Southold More family; Ken Murray, keeper of the Woolnough ... Records and Research Centre, the New-York Historical Society, New York University's Bobst Library, Yale's Stirling ...
... record, I have succeeded in “bringing it to life,” as the expression goes, is no longer my business. Already the winds have changed, the years fallen off, and the tale is under way... Introduction: The Casting Out Old Captain More ...
... Records of the First Church of Salem. A. COMMON FAME: that was the heart of it. You had heard of his exploits, and what you had not heard could always be gleaned from the gossips: legends of the First Comer in your midst. There ...
... records do not say. I cannot claim to know your name, your loves or aspirations. All I can say with any confidence is that your life at that time was confused, within and without—a slipping, sliding, eroding sensation. For that reason ...
... records. Everything else then began to happen off the record—or, if you prefer, in the tunnel. IN SOME WAYS, little has changed in this border county since your day. The roads, though paved now, are still largely empty. The sheep are ...
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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 | |