Jesuits

Alanballow at aol.com Alanballow at aol.com
Tue Jul 15 07:12:17 CDT 1997


In a message dated 97-07-14 23:40:17 EDT, csweet at gte.net (Chris Sweet)
writes:

<< ug Millison wrote:
 > 
 > One historical work I'm reading in tandem with M&D is Francis Parkman's
 > "France and England in North America."  In Parkman's history, I haven't
 > quite caught up to the period covered in M&D yet. Here's how Parkman
 > described the Jesuits, circa 1865, from Chapter VI, 1611, 1612, "Jesuits
in
 > Acadia":
 > 
 
 It's interesting that some of the best fiction I've read in the past
 year
 (M&D, Fathers&Crows, Black Robe, and The Sparrow) all involve Jesuits.
 
 -chris
  >>
It's more than coincidence.



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