FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 4, 2011
BOSTON, MA – New Word City LLC announces the publication of One Small Candle – The Pilgrims’ First Year
in America by New York Times
bestselling historian and novelist Thomas Fleming.
This
vivid, deeply moving book begins in London in 1620 as Pilgrim representatives
sign a contract to purchase the freighter Mayflower. We accompany them as they endure a harrowing
voyage across the Atlantic, the rigors of the New England winter, and the ever-present
threat of Indian attack as they desperately search for the home they eventually
find at Plymouth. Once there, they must
continue the struggle against brutal weather and disease.
With
masterly skill, Fleming gives us life-size portraits of the Pilgrim
leaders. The Pilgrims’ unique
achievements – the Mayflower Compact, their tolerance of other faiths, the
strict separation of church and state – are discussed in the context of the
first year’s anxieties and crises.
Fleming tells the story of William Bradford and Miles Standish, the
younger men who emerged as the leaders of the colony. And he provides new insights into the deep
humanity of the Pilgrims’ spiritual shepherd, Elder
William Brewster.
By
the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims are already beginning to understand that
they are the forerunners of a great nation.
It is implicit in William Bradford’s words, “As one small candle may
light a thousand, so the light kindled here has shone until many. . . .”
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
New York Times bestselling author Thomas Fleming is one of the most
distinguished and productive historians and novelists of our time. He has written 20 nonfiction books that have
won prizes and praise from critics and fellow historians, many with a special
focus on the American Revolution. He has
also written 23 historical novels, many of them bestsellers.
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WORD CITY
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