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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... brought charges against him. The land, however, was another story. The home fires did not burn bright in July 1688. By the time you found him out, he had sold or bequeathed every plot of property he owned. Even the two-story house in ...
... brought; they confessed that they had together, often, and on repeated occasions lived an incontinent life and committed adultery together.16 As compensation, the lovers had their penalty reduced to a twentypound fine, as long as they ...
... brought and a jury found against him to the sum of four hundred pounds. Suddenly the lovers were cornered. Did Jacob steal away without a word in the middle of the night? Did he go at Katharine's bidding, so as not to suffer along with ...
... brought good money to the marriage. Samuel countered that her family had brought less than was promised— only one hundred pounds a year—and that, furthermore, Katharine's father had been spending part of that amount all along. (The ...
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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 | |