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The Wicked Pilgrim (the true story of the Englishman who gave the Mayflower II to America)

By Randal Charlton Three Sisters Publishing, £11.99 ISBN 978-17336204-0-6

In June 1957 a little ship heaved, pitched and rolled into the harbour at Plymouth, Massachusetts. It was greeted by 100,000 spectators, including the then vice-president Richard Nixon and a young senator called Jack Kennedy. The ship was Mayflower II, a replica of the vessel that carried the Plymouth Pilgrims to America. Her captain was Warwick Charlton and this was the

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