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A Compelling Voyage
It is noteworthy that author, Toni Kief, is a direct descendent of Susanna Jackson White Winslow, one of the Pilgrims who made the voyage from Holland to Plymouth, Massachusetts on the Mayflower. Kief revives Susanna’s arduous journey with historical accuracy via the protagonist’s first-person narrative.
Throughout this narrative, the archaic ebb and flow of language, along with graphic sensory details, lend much authenticity to a voyage plagued by illness and death. The reade ...more
It is noteworthy that author, Toni Kief, is a direct descendent of Susanna Jackson White Winslow, one of the Pilgrims who made the voyage from Holland to Plymouth, Massachusetts on the Mayflower. Kief revives Susanna’s arduous journey with historical accuracy via the protagonist’s first-person narrative.
Throughout this narrative, the archaic ebb and flow of language, along with graphic sensory details, lend much authenticity to a voyage plagued by illness and death. The reade ...more
A very apt read for the month of Thanksgiving in the USA. Toni Kief gives a straightforward narrative account of one of the women who travelled on the Mayflower to found a colony, and the difficult circumstances which they faced, both before and after the journey. It was by no means the end of their hazardous journey, but the celebration of Thanksgiving each year marks their survival to found the nation; and also forms a fitting ending to this story.
The ‘Pilgrim Mothers’, as I shall call them, s ...more
The ‘Pilgrim Mothers’, as I shall call them, s ...more
Sep 18, 2020
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