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The Mary Johnston Library
Step through an open window into the world of Mary Johnston, where courage meets history, and women claim the freedom to choose their own fates. From colonial adventure and sweeping Virginia landscapes to questions of independence, conviction, and change, The Mary Johnston Library invites listeners into stories of passion, peril, and possibility.
Episodes
- The Mary Johnston Library
Pioneers of the Old South Chapter 3
In which the nascent colony at Jamestown wrestles with the harshness of the Virginian wilderness, frailties of human nature, and the delicate uncertainties of…
- The Mary Johnston Library
Pioneers of the Old South Chapter 2
In which we journey with the three small ships bound for a vast, forested land called Virginia, where the Atlantic tides meet untamed wilderness and unknown…
- The Mary Johnston Library
Pioneers of the Old South Chapter 1
In which the dawn of the seventeenth century heralds a renewed English fervour for exploration and colonisation, motivated by commerce, faith, and national…