Spirit-Pilgrim: Trail a Line Like the Future Depends on It
How John Howland's MOB Survival Left an Astonishing Legacy
If you’ve ever fallen off a moving boat, grabbed a stray line and managed to clamber back on board, then your spirit-Pilgrim—and mine—is a man named John Howland.
In 1620, Howland was a passenger on the Mayflower bound for New England carrying a band of religious “Separatists.” These are the kinds of fo…
