Mayflower
Subtitle: a story of courage, community, and war
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9780670037605
Subjects: Indians of North America; Oorlogen; Kolonisten; Memorial bookplates; Class of 2002; Wars; Indianen; Pilgerväter; Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony); Krieg; Whitman College; History
Description: From the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth. Yet, as author Philbrick reveals, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the well-known tale of piety and sacrifice; it is a 55-year epic. The Mayflower's religious refugees arrived in Plymouth Harbor during a period of crisis for Native Americans, as disease spread by European fishermen devastated their populations. Initially the two groups maintained a fragile working relationship. But within decades, New England erupted into King Philip's War, a savage conflict that nearly wiped out colonists and natives alike, and forever altered the face of the fledgling colonies and the country that would grow from them. Philbrick has fashioned a fresh portrait of the dawn of American history--dominated right from the start by issues of race, violence, and religion.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-443) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of maps --; title: Preface : the two voyages -- -- pt. 1.; title: Discovery -- -- 1.; title: They knew they were pilgrims -- -- 2.; title: Dangerous shoals and roaring breakers -- -- 3.; title: Into the void -- -- 4.; title: Beaten with their own rod -- -- 5. The; title: heart of winter -- -- 6.; title: In a dark and dismal swamp -- -- 7.; title: Thanksgiving -- -- pt. 2.; title: Accommodation -- -- 8. The; title: wall -- -- 9. A; title: ruffling course -- -- pt. 3.; title: Community -- -- 10.; title: One small candle -- -- 11. The; title: ancient mother -- -- 12. The; title: trial -- -- pt. 4.; title: War -- -- 13.; title: Kindling the flame -- -- 14. The; title: god of armies -- -- 15.; title: In a strange way -- -- 16. The; title: better side of the hedge --; title: Epilogue : Conscience --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography --; title: Index --; title: Picture credits.; title: Discovery; title: Accommodation; title: Community; title: War.