Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780143058885 (0143058886)
Publish date: 2006-05-09
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
American,
War,
Religion,
American History
My mom gave me this book; I do like most things genealogical, historical, and Americana (through WWI). Somewhere in my genealogical research a few years ago, I discovered that my mom's family has a line that *may* go back to William Brewster of the Mayflower, somehow. My ancestory.com account is dea...
I think were it not that I've been so spoiled by some amazing history books lately, I'd be rating this five stars. It's certainly the perfect book to read right before American Thanksgiving. The Mayflower, as every American schoolchild has been taught, is the name of the ship that brought the "Pilgr...
Oddly enough, I'm not that familiar with this time in American history. I've never heard of King Phillip's War before reading this book. There were parts of the War section of this book that made me feel a lot of sympathy for the Native Americans and very little for the Pilgrims (well, their childre...
Very educational, and interesting in that it is so educational. I don't have a strong foundation at all in early American history, and although I had heard of King Philip's War, I certainly had no idea of its scope or scale. I am also not familiar with the geography of this region of the country, ...
Engaging and eye-opening...
11 years ago
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