Summary

“Voyage Twelve: 1938,” describes how Woolman Paxmore traveled to Germany to confront Adolf Hitler about the atrocities done to Jews. They struck a bargain to rescue 40,000 Jews by paying Hitler one million dollars. Woolman, however, was able to find places for only 25,000 of those Jews.

In “Ordeal by Fire,” it is described how the Blacks in Patamoke could live satisfactory lives by suppressing their human emotions and escaping the notice of Whites. Jeb Cater worked 14 to 15 hours a day but was barely able to keep his family of four alive. Even though he was the finest man in Patamoke, he could not find steady work.

Meanwhile, Amos Turlock complained to his wife that Hugo Pflaum, a cousin, had announced he planned to confiscate all long guns including the Turlock’s Twombly. The long guns had been outlawed by Maryland government...