Chilton's Challenge - Battles, James B
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This is a two act play which is the story of James Chilton, the oldest pilgrim passenger on the Mayflower. He was born a Roman Catholic in Canterbury, County Kent, England and died a committed separatist off Cape Cod in the new world. His wife Susanna was the only pilgrim female to have been excommunicated by the Church of England. James and his family were harried out of the country in the words of King James because of their religious beliefs and fled to Leiden in the Netherlands. James, his wife Susanna and his youngest daughter Mary were passengers on the Mayflower leaving their two older…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This is a two act play which is the story of James Chilton, the oldest pilgrim passenger on the Mayflower. He was born a Roman Catholic in Canterbury, County Kent, England and died a committed separatist off Cape Cod in the new world. His wife Susanna was the only pilgrim female to have been excommunicated by the Church of England. James and his family were harried out of the country in the words of King James because of their religious beliefs and fled to Leiden in the Netherlands. James, his wife Susanna and his youngest daughter Mary were passengers on the Mayflower leaving their two older daughters behind in Leiden. The challenge of his life repents that of many of our pilgrim fathers and explains how and why they came to America. The second act of the play tells the story of the Pilgrims first years through the voice of Mary Chilton.
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Autorenporträt
James B. Battles is a native of Ohio. He did is undergraduate studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio majoring in history, political science, and naval science. He was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy upon graduation. He served four years on active duty during the Viet Nam War. After completing active duty, he pursued graduate studies obtaining a Ph.D. at The Ohio State University. Dr. Battles pursued a career in medical education and was a professor of Biomedical Communications and medical education at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas Texas. He continued to serve in the Naval Reserve obtaining the rank of Captain before retiring from the Navy. His Naval reserve unit was recalled during Desert Storm, in Gulf War I. While at UT Southwestern, Dr. Battles began to specialize in patient safety research. After retiring from UT Southwestern, he worked for the federal government at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in Rockville, Maryland before finally retiring a third time. He is the author of a number of professional journal articles book chapters and monographs in the area of medical education and patient safety. Since his retirement he has been devoting time to publishing family history and genealogy works. He has also begun writing historical novels based on his family's history and his personal adventures. Captain Battles continues his love of the sea from his Navy days by sailing on the Chesapeake Bay as often as he can. He has also chartered sailboats in the Caribbean where he served as skipper. It is this connection to sailing sloops that makes the maritime heritage of his Bogardus ancestors so interesting to him given his Navy background