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Thanksgiving is not a book about a holiday. It s about something that a few dozen survivors did after a year of suffering, death, struggle, and courage. They bowed their heads to give thanks. The Pilgrims journey began as a joint venture of business and religion, but soon it became a matter of survival. With 102 men, women, and children packed into a dim, wet space below the main deck, the Mayflower set out on a terrifying 66-day crossing of the Atlantic. They dropped anchor well north of where they d intended, and just as the New England winter was setting in.With no choice but to spend the winter in the dank, frigid ship, they took ill. One by one, almost half of them died. The few individuals well enough to work rowed the dead into shore and buried them in graves left unmarked so the Indians wouldn't know how weak they were.



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Glenn Alan Cheney

Glenn Alan Cheney is a professional writer and journalist. He is the author of more than 20 books of fiction and nnfiction and hundreds of articles, op-ed essays, short stories, and poems. Among his most recent and well known books are "Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims' First Year in America," "Journey on the Estrada Real: Encounters in he Mountains of Brazil," and "Journey to Chernobyl: Encounters in a Radioactive Zone."Cheney's nonfiction uses a strong human element and touches of humor to bring life into subjects that might otherwise be dull or technical. Cheney has a B.A. in Philosophy, an MA in Communication, an MA in English, and an MFA in Creative Writing. Goodreads readers can use a special website to order some of Cheney's books at a spe...more



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