What you see on this site is the beginning of a collection of open-access essays from some of our best scholars. My introductions, author interviews, visuals and lesson plans are intended to give the general reader a useful context for these scholarly essays. 

Tom Durwood is a college English instructor with an interest in history.   He has been working on the Navigators stories for two decades.  Three more will appear in 2018-2019. For more information about Tom Durwood, his writing, and reviews, check out his website!