In my book, I include a lot of background information and images on the Pilgrims in Plymouth, Mass., as Capt. Benjamin Church is the grandson of Richard Warren of the Mayflower.
In my book, I retell Church’s account of his fighting days alongside allied Native Americans as an epic poem and include quotes from Benjamin Church such as: “I hope the reader will pass a favourable censure upon an old soldier, telling of the many rencounters [encounters] he has had, and yet is come off alive…”--Colonial Benjamin Church, 1716
Excerpt of poem:
American Army Rangers
lead the way.
Skilled in stealth,
they surprise the enemy in the fray.
Their bloodcurdling history
began in 1675 with carpenter Benjamin Church.
In King Philip’s War, he fought alongside
Native Americans to knock enemies off their perch.
Surprise raids and other Indian fighting tactics
were key to Church’s victories in war.
He preferred tracking enemies over building forts,
a task he considered a bore.
When Church was too old and fat
to mount a horse without aid,
he took off his armor and wrote a military memoir,
telling of days when the colonists were afraid.
As a warrior, he recalled: “Through the grace of God I was spirited for that work, and direction in it was renewed to me day by day.”
In the tale that follows, you decide if Church received divine insight on when to chase, flee or stay...
The book also contains more than 40 contemporary photographs including those of Benjamin Church’s sword, grave, and his haunts and homes. See the locations of the Great Swamp Fight, mass grave at Smith’s Garrison, Peas Field Fight, Church's capture of Anawan at "Anawan's Rock", where King Philip’s head was mounted for 20 years in Plymouth, and where King Philip’s War began at Myles Garrison in Swansea, Massachusetts.
See excerpts of First Ranger Benjamin Church: Epic Poem About King Philip's War--Church Believed in Indians, God and Rum by clicking on "Look Inside": https://www.amazon.com/dp/
