Eden Springs

Acknowledgments

( 145 ) I am indebted to R. J. Taylor for allowing me to visit the properties of the former House of David. Without the following wonderful texts I could not have pieced together this narrative: Brother Benjamin by Clare E. Adkins (Andrews University Press, 1990); The Righteous Remnant by Robert S. Fogarty (Kent State University Press, 1982); A Virgin’s Vendetta by Isabella Pritchard (Benton Harbor, n.d.); The Testimony of Benjamin (Benton Harbor, n.d.); The What, When, Where, Why, and How of the House of David (Benton Harbor, n.d.); Crown of Thorns by Francis Thorpe (Benton Harbor, 1929); Benjamin’s Last Writings (Benton Harbor, 193-?); The Sword of the Spirit of the House of David (Benton Harbor, n.d.); A Book of Remembrances (House of David, 1931). I am indebted to the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan for providing me with most of these sources, as well as newspapers, magazines, and images—and for a lovely place to work. Thank you to M. L. Liebler and Annie Martin for encouragement and great assistance! Thank you to Heidi Bell for her keen eye. And most of all to Bill Abernethy, for driving me all over Michigan to do research, for buying me books, souvenirs, and all manner of interesting items from the House of David, for reading this novella in its many incarnations, and for offering his brilliant advice, which I always take. Acknowledgments General Editors Michael Delp, Interlochen Center for the Arts M. L. Liebler, Wayne State University Advisory Editors Melba Joyce Boyd Wayne State University Stuart Dybek Western Michigan University Kathleen Glynn Jerry Herron Wayne State University Laura Kasischke University of Michigan Frank Rashid Marygrove College Doug Stanton Author of In Harm’s Way A complete listing of the books in this series can be found online at wsupress.wayne.edu Made in Michigan Writers Series ...