Initially the two groups, the Wampanoags, under the charismatic and calculating chief Massasoit, and the Pilgrims, whose pugnacious military officer Miles Standish was barely five feet tall, maintained a fragile working relationship. 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. Yet, as best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals in his spellbinding new book, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the well-known tale of piety and sacrifice it is a 55-year epic that is at once tragic, heroic, exhilarating, and profound. Urn:isbn:1101500190 Republisher_date 20120407095934 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120406151239 Scanner 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. OL800717W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 93.06 Pages 362 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1101500409 List of characters - The story we need to know - Discovery: they knew they were pilgrims - The Compact - The plague - Beaten with their own rod - The heart of winter - In a dark and dismal swamp - Thanksgiving - Community: The wall - At death's door - A New England - The ancient mother - The trial - War: Kindling the flame - Fuel to the enemy - Keeping the faith - The better side of the hedge - The rock - Time line - Mayflower passenger listĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:51:29 Boxid IA173401 Boxid_2 CH104001 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York, NY External-identifier But that trust was broken with the next generation of leaders, and conflict erupted that nearly wiped out English and natives alike For fifty years, peace was maintained as Pilgrims and Natives worked together. New York : Viking, 2006Īfter a journey across the Atlantic, the Mayflower's passengers were saved from destruction with the help of the natives of the Plymouth region.

Adaptation of: Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war.

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