The ForeRunners
From the back of the Book:
"Reed M. Holmes, Ph. D. received his doctorate from Haifa University,
Israel, is a historian, photographer, and storyteller. The storytelling
comes naturally- his family lived in Maine for generations- a mix of Wentworths,
Seaveys, Smalls, Fernalds, and Hopkins.
Dr. Holmes first heard the story of G.J. Adams and his courageous followers
in 1943 from one of them. According to yarns about the venture from Jonesport
to Jaffa in 1866 it was best forgotten. A careful search proved otherwise.
This is a compelling story, unique in the annals of American history, and
a newly discovered link between Maine and the roots of modern Israel.
Jean L. Holmes is a licensed construction supervisor in Massachusetts,
a theology and Holocaust scholar, an accomplished photographer, a linguist
and educator. Honored as a "Friend of Isreal" by the Ministry of Tourism
for her direction of Friendship Journeys, she presides over the non-profit
organization Keshet haShalom and View-Pax Mondiale. She was graduated Magna
Cum Laude from Hebrew College, Brookline, Mass. with a M.A. in Judaic Studies.
Jean has drawn on many of her skills to rescue an American prefab house
from demolition in Jaffa, Isreal. She has built on its Maine heritage to
found the Maine Friendship House and revitalize the Jaffa American Colony."
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