Elizabeth Tilley perceived the founding colony in the New World as a grand adventure. Setting sail with her parents from London on the Mayflower, she had no idea what frustrations, fears & sorrows they would experience. Yet amidst delays in leaving England, ship shattering storms & the hardships of the first winter, she falls in love with John Howland, trusted servant of Governor Carver. But John Howland is to marry her best friend, Desire Minter, Mistress Carver's companion. What can she do with these feelings that she knows are wrong? Using historical events & characters, Elizabeth (Betty) Shaffer has recaptured the voyage of the Mayflower & the trials of the first year of Plymouth Colony. She has woven-in a fictionalized love story that presents the Pilgrims as real people with faults, frailties & sustaining faith not unlike our own. To order: 1-800-358-0777.
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