Nathaniel Philbrick
Hardcover | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.75 | 614 Users | 101 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World |
| Author | : | Nathaniel Philbrick |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | September 4th 2008 by Putnam Publishing Group |
| Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. North American Hi.... American History. Historical. Religion. Christianity. Academic. School. Read For School |
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This book was good although it sometimes got off topic. The first two sections were great! They were all about the Pilgrims planning to go to the New World and arriving there. They were also about there relationship with Massasoit and his Indians. The book got very tedious near the end when the focus turned to King Phillips' War. The hole last part of the book was all about battles of the war and they blended together and I got really confused and bored. I don't think the title should be called the Mayflower because the book barely talks about the Mayflower or the original "Pilgrims". Although parts of the book were boring there were lots of great photos and maps that really helped me see where the story was taking place. If you like history and the time period from 1600-1660's then this is the book for you, but, if you are not interested in war then you might want to choose another book on this time period.Present Books As The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World
| Original Title: | The Mayflower & the Pilgrims' New World |
| ISBN: | 0399247955 (ISBN13: 9780399247958) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.75 From 614 Users | 101 ReviewsWrite-Up About Books The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World
This book is REALLY good! It's not your usual boring tone that you usually find in textbooks, either. In fact, the author includes so many details and his style is such that it almost feels like a historical fiction novel, but of course it isn't. There are also lots of pictures scattered throughout the pages (paintings, sketches, documents, letters, artifacts of the time, etc). I will say a good portion of the book is not actually about the Mayflower, which was actually pretty cool since IIn Mayflower, Philbrick tells much more than the story of our beloved Pilgrims trip across the Atlantic. In many ways, it is three stories about the Puritans and other Pilgrims: one for their European experiences, another for the first five years as they establish Plymouth and third, a vivid account of the King Phillip war some 50 years later. As always, Philbrick is meticulous in his research and he tells the story with precision and with so many details that it sometimes reads as historical
While I liked this book, I did not love this book. To my mind, Philbrick gave me too much information about various English/Indian battles; once he got the Pilgrims here, about page 40, then the rest of the book talks about English/Indian relationships in the 17th century. A large part of the book is actually King Philip's War, so if I were to have a kiddo wanted information on that, this book would be perfect. The maps that are included helped a lot, and I liked being able to picture Plymouth,
I really liked this. As a young reader's edition it is very approachable, would be entirely appropriate for a middle school or even upper elementary school audience but as an adult I didn't feel talked down to at all.The research is clearly meticulous. The first two sections are excellent, very edifying and I learned a lot. The end starts to meander...a battle for battle depiction of the war is hard to follow, he seemed to be trying to pick a couple of characters and take us through their
yes I read the kid version. It was great :-)
Most Americans knowledge of the arrival of the Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving includes scenes of the Native Americans of New England giving assistance to the Pilgrims as they struggled through their first year at Plymouth and then bucolic images of the Pilgrims and the Native Americans sitting down to a bounteous feast of turkey, deer, and all the trimmings (minus the pumpkin pie) at a long table. This book attempts to put that myth aside and give the real history of the Pilgrims' first 65
Instead of Landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock Landed ...Everybody I the early 1600s had a very hard time in North America. The Native American with the introduction of European diseases and broken promises, as well as the European settlers with their lack of knowledge and poor supplies. This book gives an excellent description of the many hardships as well as the alliances that kept changing. Especially, the fact that alliances were often founded on personal friendships and upon who had
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