Massasoit, and how Squanto possibly schemed to turn the Pilgrims against There are also the fascinating stories of how Edward Winslow saves the life of

Pilgrims, which later causes the sachem to choose sides against his own people. Philbrick writes of the agreement between Massasoit and the Strapped for food and supplies, and the constant threat of the Native American In the New World – dealing with new arrivals from England who came to a village already Tells of some of the adaptations the Pilgrims had to make in order to survive Stole maize, and the first meeting with Squanto. With navigating the Pollack Rip which caused them to abandon settling in theĪrea that their patent named the first encounters with Natives from whom they Group had approached John Smith for help, but decided not to hire him because he would be too Includes details about: a possible plot by the Dutch and the master of the Speedwellīecause they wanted the Hudson River area for themselves the fact that the Interesting details and facts that Philbrickįirst, “Discovery”, tells of the first part of the Pilgrims’ journey – from England to Holland,Īnd the expeditions that the group made in order to find the place to start the Instead of the story we already know, itīecomes the story we need to know.”( p. Of Plymouth Colony is “rich, troubling, and complex. Of “one of the deadliest wars ever fought on American soil” ( p.xi). 355) Mayflower is the story of what happenedįrom 1608, when the Pilgrims decided to leave England, to 1676, which was the end Years to Lexington and Concord and the Revolution,” says Philbrick. Nation’s history began with the Pilgrims and then leapfrogged more than 150 “In the American popular imagination, the Mayflowerįills in the many holes that the old myths did not cover. Them how to plant corn and whose leader or sachem, Massasoit, helped themĬelebrate the First Thanksgiving.” ( p.xi) Philbrick’s Pilgrims are not the stuff of wide-brimmedīlack hats and gold buckles whose story ended with the First Thanksgiving. Rock and befriended the local Wampanoags, who taught

“(as) the Pilgrims (who) sailed to the New World in search of religiousįreedom: how after drawing up the Mayflower Compact, they landed at Plymouth They tend to think of them, as Philbrick writes, Many of the misconceptions that we have about this group of people, but alsoīecause it gives a vivid account of a period of time in American history that I found the book to be fascinating, not only because it exposes so “Pilgrims”, other than the brief stories that I had heard and taught in myĬlassroom. By Nathaniel Philbrick A Book Review by Rebeccaīecause I felt that I did not know much about the group of people we call the

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