Reading Skipper Ireson's Ride | Alexandria
Read Skipper Ireson's Ride by John Greenleaf Whittier. Exposing a coastal town's cruelty, Skipper Ireson's Ride stings with timeless relevance - a chilling portrait of mob justice and trial by social media before screens existed. Most striking? The poem argues that collective righteousness often masks deeper communal sins, forcing us to question our own digital witch hunts.