Sarah Crabtree is Professor of History at San Francisco State University. She is the author of Holy Nation: The Transatlantic Quaker Ministry in an Age of Revolution.Melissa Philley is a graduate of the MFA in Comics program at California College of the Arts. She uses traditional and digital tools to create longform comics in a variety of styles and genres.

“It’s an extraordinary story, but so is this book’s format, which tells the tangled and complex tale beautifully by presenting the Rotches’ lives in comic strip form. . . . Quaker, Whaler, Traitor, Spy! shows the enduring power of the comic strip to convey complex narratives over time. It also shows the different shades of grey that a complicated Quaker story carries when light is cast upon it. Highly recommended, especially for history students of any age.”—Kate Macdonald The Friend / Friends World News

Sarah Crabtree is Professor of History at San Francisco State University. She is the author of Holy Nation: The Transatlantic Quaker Ministry in an Age of Revolution.Melissa Philley is a graduate of the MFA in Comics program at California College of the Arts. She uses traditional and digital tools to create longform comics in a variety of styles and genres.

“It’s an extraordinary story, but so is this book’s format, which tells the tangled and complex tale beautifully by presenting the Rotches’ lives in comic strip form. . . . Quaker, Whaler, Traitor, Spy! shows the enduring power of the comic strip to convey complex narratives over time. It also shows the different shades of grey that a complicated Quaker story carries when light is cast upon it. Highly recommended, especially for history students of any age.”—Kate Macdonald The Friend / Friends World News

Sarah Crabtree is Professor of History at San Francisco State University. She is the author of Holy Nation: The Transatlantic Quaker Ministry in an Age of Revolution.Melissa Philley is a graduate of the MFA in Comics program at California College of the Arts. She uses traditional and digital tools to create longform comics in a variety of styles and genres.

“It’s an extraordinary story, but so is this book’s format, which tells the tangled and complex tale beautifully by presenting the Rotches’ lives in comic strip form. . . . Quaker, Whaler, Traitor, Spy! shows the enduring power of the comic strip to convey complex narratives over time. It also shows the different shades of grey that a complicated Quaker story carries when light is cast upon it. Highly recommended, especially for history students of any age.”—Kate Macdonald The Friend / Friends World News