By Jeremy Dibbell

I can’t resist posting a wonderful bit of good news just received this afternoon: Hobson Woodward, Associate Editor of the Adams Papers, has received the first review for his forthcoming book, A Brave Vessel: The True Story of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ (Viking, July). It’s a starred review in Kirkus Reviews:

“In his debut, Woodward … recounts the tale of the beleaguered Sea Venture, which set out from England in 1609 for the colony of Jamestown in the New World. … Woodward extracts a striking richness of imagery from 400-year-old sources – life on Bermuda comes across as strange and beautiful; Jamestown, a hell on earth. The author’s acute sensitivity to the hardships of the settlers will help readers gain a new appreciation for their exceedingly difficult lives.

A skillfully written history of the trials of some the earliest American colonists.”

Congratulations, Hobson! What a great way to end the week.

Stay tuned for more details on a lunch talk and booksigning with Hobson to be held at the MHS in late July.