Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger Among the PilgrimsDavid 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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... Harris were incalculable boons and the most perfect guides imaginable for my trip to Shropshire. Generous of spirit, vigilant of fact, they made my explorations into the depths of the seventeenth century an incomparable ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
A Stranger Among the Pilgrims David Lindsay. explorations into the depths of the seventeenth century an incomparable pleasure. My editor, Ruth Cavin, was, and is, simply amazing: tireless, enthusiastic, rigorous, big-hearted and, above ...
... centuries as a minor character on the world stage, a Shakespearean bit player allotted no more than two or three lines of dialogue. He left behind no great works, no heroic deeds, only a smattering of entries in a few crumbling ...
... century in all its particulars and, at the same time, perceive how incompatible views of the world warred within one individual. Like few others, Richard More represents the myth and counter-myth of America—the wellsprings of our ...
... century, ordinary people bare their sins in public every day, through a popish device called a “television”—a cheap catharsis that prevents the airing of any tragedy worthy of the name. We still demand moral solvency, and still the ...
Contents
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 | |