The nameless voice in the 1689 Boston crowd prays, in the short story ‘The Gray Champion,’ as men have entreated God in earlier times, as well as in the times since.More
Tag Archives: Early American History
D-Day, Miscegenation in the Bible, and Scottish Poetry
Having been asked recently to write an essay for a friend on the subject, what are we to make of objections to men and women of different races getting married and having families? More
Book Review: ‘White Cargo’ by Don Jordan and Michael Walsh
In ‘White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America’ by Don Jordan and Michael Walsh, the disturbing and tragic tale is told of indentured servitude.More
Book Review: ‘Democracy in America’ by Alexis de Tocqueville
What is so refreshing about it all is that Tocqueville engages in neither hero worship of early America, nor in the demonizing revisionism which is so typical of our day. More
Book Review: ‘The Island at the Center of the World’ by Russell Shorto
If one looks closely, one can almost see current New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the comedians at Saturday Night Live in the 17th century historical sketch Shorto provides.More