The New World: 1763-1775 - Softcover

Mendelson, Ralph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974734047 ISBN 13: 9780974734040

Publisher: One-Off Press, 2009

Synopsis

In 1763, sixteen year old Jonathan Hardy flees England for the new world. Escaping unrelenting poverty and a possible future that led inexorably to the gallows, Jonathan arrives in pre-revolutionary Savannah, Georgia. Taking work on the large plantation owned by Owen and Sylvia Hart, Jonathan steps into a world of beauty and brutality, where he makes an enemy of the colony's most powerful man, Mr. Jarvis Best and is forced to flee for his life. A sweeping story of love and revenge, friendship and betrayal. Mendelson sets "The New World" at the eve of the American Revolution when like Jonathan himself, the Colonies are fleeing English rules for a new world.

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About the Author

Ralph Mendelson (1917- ) was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He got his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, and his Masters in psychology from Cleveland State. Most of his professional life was spent in manufacturing, although after his retirement, he began teaching. In the 1950's he was active in the Urban League, and his concern for racial and social equality is reflected in his portrayal of prerevolutionary Georgia in "The New World." His short stories have been published in various small literary magazines, and "The Intruder," a collection of short stories was published by One-Off Press. He suffered a massive stroke in 1994, which has left him with expressive aphasia. Although his writing stopped, his love of music and the theater has not abated.

Edition details

• Publisher: One-Off Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0974734047
• ISBN 13: 9780974734040
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 580