GRAY BONNETS

by Slater Brown ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 27, 1954

Religious controversy in New England 20 years after Roger Williams' exile is the issue dramatically highlighted in a story centering around young Dan Wilkins' attempts to free two Quaker girls from prison in suspicion-bound Boston. In on a ship from Barbados, the Quakers capture Dan's sympathies with their fearlessness and he soon risks his life in learning of their faith, realizing the bigotry of Governor Endicott, and blundering into enemy hands himself. Though the Quakers are released, Dan must flee to Providence and wait out the long months before he and others can go to London, petition Charles II and finally obtain the freedom to worship as they please. Simple but clear definitions of Quaker and Puritan beliefs and the more flagrant outrages of the controversy. Good.

Pub Date: Sept. 27, 1954

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Aladdin

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1954

Categories: FICTION