Description
The importance of a single life: one of the most fascinating stories from US history that you’ve probably never heard of. Washed overboard from the Mayflower during a raging storm, John Howland almost died. He should have died. His rescue was not only daring but surprising, for he was a nobody at the time, merely an indentured servant. We don’t know why some of the crew, who didn’t even like the Pilgrims and often taunted and cursed them, chose in this instance to risk their lives to save him. We can be grateful they did. Had John Howland sunk to the bottom of the ocean, he would have taken with him all his future descendants, including Emerson, Longfellow, Humphrey Bogart, Dr. Spock, three US presidents (FDR, George H.W.Bush, George W. Bush), plus so many more. Maybe even you.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Cynthia Howard Hogg
Published: 12/09/2024
Publisher: Page Turner Press
ISBN: 9781950067886
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 0.34″ H x 9.00″ L x 6.00″ W
About the Author
Hogg, Cynthia Howard: – Cynthia is a freelance writer who divides her time between Grand Rapids and Ludington, Michigan, where she is also a volunteer lighthouse keeper. She is also the author of Skip-Gen Travel and Why, If You’re a Grandparent, You Should Be Doing It (Amazon Kindle) and St. Isidora, The Monastery Sponge (Kh. Cindy Anne Hogg, Exaltation Press) as well as the author of the blog skipgentravelguru.com.
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