Edition |
First United States edition. |
Descript |
xiii, 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Note |
Nonfiction. |
Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-339) and index. |
Contents |
Prologue: 1676 -- Droitwich -- Leiden -- Leaving Holland -- The voyage -- Land -- Massasoit -- The building of "our town" -- Good farms -- Massachusetts begins -- The Pequot War -- The Pan-Indian Conspiracy -- Leaving for London, 1646 -- Republican England -- Hercules -- Generational change -- The coming of war -- King Philip's War -- Penelope alone: the widow's bed "not priced" -- Penelope's final actions. |
Summary |
"A vivid narrative history of the Mayflower and of the Winslow family, who traveled to America in search of a new world." -- dust jacket. |
Subject |
Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)
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Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691.
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Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655.
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Winslow, Josiah, 1629?-1680.
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Winslow family.
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Mayflower (Ship)
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ISBN/ISSN |
125010856X (hardcover) |
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9781250108562 (hardcover) |
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