Journal Entry 1 by CrazyDutchwoman from Heemstede, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Thursday, September 23, 2010

This book is written by a Dutch author who has lived in America for a very long time.
His books (It is also a trilogy here in The Netherlands) are one of few Dutch books I kept, loved them but I always wanted to read the American version.

Would love to let others read this book, show them how good it is.

Now I must get my hands on book 2 and 3. The Lambs War (Which I think is also excellent) and last: The Peculiar People.

Terry Linkletter in his review for Amazon writes: "de Hartog's novel is the best way to learn what it means to be a Quaker. By looking through the eyes of fictional characters, he takes you deep into events (some true, some mythical) in the lives of George Fox, Margaret Fell, William Penn, John Woolman, and other prominent members of the sect, so you can feel the spiritual ferment of Cromwell's England, the American colonies, and the young USA. You will see a gentle Quaker farmer come to grips with the evils of slaveholding and see how it came to be that these people led the way in opposing that institution. Perhaps not surprising at all is to learn how it was the Quaker women who made the faith's continuous message of justice and non-violence a successful influence on an injust, violent society."
source:librarything