The Savage Apostle By John B. Kachuba
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John B Kachuba is the series editor of Americas Haunted Road Trip from Clerisy Press and the author of Ghosthunting Illinois and Ghosthunting Ohio He has also written other books such as Ghosthunters On the Trail of Mediums Dowsers Spirit Seekers and Other Investigators of Americas Paranormal World How to Write Funny and Why is this Job Killing Me co authored with his wife Mary A Newman PhD Johns short fiction and nonfiction have been widely published and he has received several awards for his fiction including the 2004 Dogwood Fiction Prize. Book the savage apostles summary He holds advanced degrees in Creative Writing from Antioch University Yellow Springs OH and Ohio University He has taught writing at both the University of Cincinnati and Ohio Uni John B Kachuba is the series editor of America s Haunted Road Trip from Clerisy Press and the author of Ghosthunting Illinois and Ghosthunting Ohio He has also written other books such as Ghosthunters On the Trail of Mediums Dowsers Spirit Seekers and Other Investigators of America s Paranormal World How to Write Funny and Why is this Job Killing Me co authored with his wife Mary A Newman PhD John s short fiction and nonfiction have been widely published and he has received several awards for his fiction including the 2004 Dogwood Fiction Prize. Savage alexander mounts He holds advanced degrees in Creative Writing from Antioch University Yellow Springs OH and Ohio University He has taught writing at both the University of Cincinnati and Ohio University He is also on the faculty of the Gotham Writers Workshop John is a noted conference speaker and presenter and is a sought after guest on many radio and television programs throughout the country and internationally. The savage apostle religion spirituality beliefs John lives in Cincinnati Ohio with his wife Mary site_link In 1675 when the body of Christian Indian John Sassamon is dragged up from beneath the ice of Assowampsett Pond speculation is rife as to who murdered the man Sassamon was a man caught between two worlds that of his Wamponaug ancestry and that of his adopted English society people on both sides could find cause to kill him. The savage apostle epub read online John Eliot missionary and founder of the Praying Villages where Christianized Indians lived among the colonists of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies is particularly grieved by his protEgE Sassamon s death Eliot had converted the young Sassamon educated him at Harvard and trusted him as missionary to the Indians especially to the Pokanoket and their sachem Metacom Eliot knows that converting Metacom and his people could be the key to lasting peace between the colonists and the Indians a fifty year peace that is dangerously unraveling. Book the savage apostles summary Metacom finds his authority and sovereignty once again undermined by the Plymouth authorities when three of his closest advisors are arrested for the murder of Sassamon Pressured by his people to retaliate but knowing the disastrous consequences war with the English would bring Metacom struggles to find a way out just as Eliot tries to keep the two sides from falling into a war that could only end in ruin for English and Indians alike. Pdf the savage apostle review Thoroughly grounded in years of research The Savage Apostle is an exciting and colorful account of the events leading up to King Philip s War the costliest war per capita ever fought on American soil Moreover it is an exemplary lesson for today s world where divisiveness and conflict are so often brought about by racial and religious intolerance. The savage apostle kindle edition The author has included a helpful Discussion Guide in the book for teachers and book clubs The Savage ApostleThe Savage Apostle named after John Eliot the Congregational Puritan pastor to the Native Americans savages of New England is the first historical novel by author John B Kachuba The novel genre assignment seems wrong when the events and people were real and documented but the narrative follows the thoughts and speech of two primary figures Rev John Eliot 1604 1690 and the Wampanoag sachem Metacom 1638 1676 also known as King Philip Historical fiction can breathe new life into dusty history when thought through as carefully as it was by author Kachuba The book begins with the musings of Eliot who mourns the death of the Native American Sassamon who was a Christian convert Sassamon had been murdered and dumped in a frozen pond perhaps by someone of his own tribe or by the English settlers of Plymouth Colony In 1675 tensions were high between the natives of New England and the thousands of English families pushing them back into the wilderness When the first settlers arrived in the 1620s and 1630s they found whole villages made ghost towns by disease They purchased land from native sachems but by 1636 tensions broke out in the Pequot War in which the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay militias massacred thousands and sold women and children captives to the Caribbean slave trade because they had a naughty habit of running away from their servanthood in New England As tens of thousands of settlers arrived in the Great Migration the various tribes suffered encroachment on their lands and waters destruction of their crops by English cattle and overhunting of fowl and deer Over the next decades even as John Eliot tried to convert them to Christianity and civilization they lost civil rights and were treated disrespectfully by the second generation of colonists In the book Metacom has equal time with John Eliot as they both realize that war will come to New England no matter how hard they work to avoid it They both envision innocent deaths and burned out villages Eliot wonders if he has failed his God when he sees the Praying Indians deserting their villages ahead of the war to return to their tribes He agonizes over the will of God why did God seem to direct his missionary work and then deny Eliot in his old age the fulfillment of happy fulfilled Christian converts Metacom wants only to die peacefully as an old man with his children and grandchildren nearby and go to the afterlife to be with his father and brother but his advisors are bent on avenging the executions of the three Pokanoket men who were falsely accused and falsely convicted of murdering Sassamon Author Kachuba s depiction of the exhumed body of Sassamon was as I imagine quite realistic but so was his depiction of sudden emotion from Rev Eliot looking on the decomposing body of his friend and convert From where I now stood trembling I had an unobstructed view of the corpse a view I would gladly have given up so as to have Sassamon s memory from happier times live on within me I had to close my eyes for several moments to calm my wild heart My knees shook and I thought I should fall I ve read several books set in the time before and during King Philip s War among them Flight of the Sparrow by Amy Belding Brown Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick Caleb s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks and have seen descriptions of Eliot and his ministry and the English versus Indian conflict from several outside angles It s a new dimension to read about the precursors to war through the eyes of Eliot and Metacom who perhaps had the best perspective As an author and a student of 17th century New England history I found the personal narratives fascinating The story is so believable as told here that I m tempted to think this is what must have happened As a genealogy enthusiast I knew some of the peripheral players in the story and though they weren t covered in detail in the book which was proper it drove me back to my files to compare information And it fits Those dusty ancestors contributed to the story in my head Dr Fuller administered a potion which may have killed Metacom s brother Others lived heroically through the atrocities of King Philip s War ferried colonists from grave danger to safety at Newport or like one great great didn t survive when he was taken captive and marched to Canada where he was burned at the stake. Savage stories in english There were a few confusing bits in The Savage Apostle Metacom s flashbacks to his experiences with father and brother took us back about 13 years but didn t explain the timehop What was the medieval law of cruentation And the Pokanoket name of Montaup Mount Hope Bristol Rhode Island and other places could have been set for the reader who is not from New England by a map or two Sure I can Google them but that would mean getting out of bed where I m reading in the wee hours The book contains a reading list and discussion guide and would be appropriate reading for high school and college history students as well as history enthusiasts of all ages The few descriptions of violence at the very end of the book are necessary to a book about the prelude to war The physical book is well made and the text is easy on the eyes The cover image appears to be an aerial view of a landscape with water and clouds in the distance The cover texture feels a bit like peachskin Disclosure The publisher sent me an advance copy of the book in exchange for an honest review The Savage Apostle In The Savage Apostle John Kachuba brings accurate history to life Through finely drawn characters and prose fitting for the period the author takes us back to 1675 a crucial point in U. The savage apostle book pdf S history when the surging tide of English settlers is overrunning the native population in New England The novel explores the period s growing tensions while revealing the personal angst of two men who want to preserve the peace on both sides of the brewing conflict John Eliot is a minister whose work at converting the natives to Christianity has led to villages of Praying Indians Eliot fears the converted natives will be caught in the middle of a region preparing for war Metacom the native leader known to English as Phillip wants to avoid war but understands the complex relationship between the tribal groups around him may compel him to bloodshed The Savage Apostle not only illuminates the origins of a tragic conflict in U, Books by john savage S history it also gives us valuable insights into the challenges we face today The Savage Apostle
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