![]() The book is packed full of inserts, maps, paintings, and interesting information in boxed sidebars. Briggs attempts to bring the entire story to the reader. ![]() Dyer’s story leads us to stories of the Puritans, the Native Americans, John Winthrop, Roger Williams, the Antinomians, and Anne Hutchinson as well as many others. To begin to understand it, one must be familiar with colonial New England, seventeenth-century England, the Anglican Church, and the persecution of those who did not accept it. Mary Dyer’s story is complex and not easily told. Briggs stated on his website that he wanted to write a book about Mary Dyer because his great-grandmother admired her and told him about her. The intended readership for this book is children in grades three through six. ![]() John Briggs has brought details of Dyer’s life and times to readers. On June 1, 1660, Mary Dyer was executed on Boston Commons because she was a Quaker at a time when Puritans had no tolerance for people who did not conform to their religious beliefs. If Quakers were predisposed to naming saints, they probably would have included Mary Dyer. ![]()
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