If you want a complete understanding of the first 50 years of our American history, this is the book to read.
It covers the motivation for the pilgrims move to the new world, the beginning days, how the colony was orginized, the relationship with the native indians, namely Massasoit, who without his cooperation and loyalty their likelihood of making it in the beginning years would of been slim or none. It covers every detail of the first 50 years and how the next generation spawned a spoiled set of settlers with new attitudes which inevitably led to King Philips war.
Being a history buff, I had a pretty good understanding of this story to begin with, but this book completely puts it all together. It is written in a manner that is easy to assimilate and emphathize with the events. This allows me to remember names, places and important dates when discussing the events of our pilgrim ancestors. It doesn't glamourize anything and quotes directly from historic journals and maps.
Anyone interested in early American history needs to read this book. After reading this book, I have a completely different perspective on Thanksgiving, the pilgrims and our ancestors. An interesting fact I recieved from this book is that one of ten people are descended from those 102 pilgrims. I happen to know my ancestors include 3 of them, most notably John Alden, who was my 9th great grandfather.
If you REALLY want to know what life was like, what was the relationships like with the Indians, how they cooperated with other colonies and how religion played into to things, read this book!!!
Well written. A great read. A great story!
It covers the motivation for the pilgrims move to the new world, the beginning days, how the colony was orginized, the relationship with the native indians, namely Massasoit, who without his cooperation and loyalty their likelihood of making it in the beginning years would of been slim or none. It covers every detail of the first 50 years and how the next generation spawned a spoiled set of settlers with new attitudes which inevitably led to King Philips war.
Being a history buff, I had a pretty good understanding of this story to begin with, but this book completely puts it all together. It is written in a manner that is easy to assimilate and emphathize with the events. This allows me to remember names, places and important dates when discussing the events of our pilgrim ancestors. It doesn't glamourize anything and quotes directly from historic journals and maps.
Anyone interested in early American history needs to read this book. After reading this book, I have a completely different perspective on Thanksgiving, the pilgrims and our ancestors. An interesting fact I recieved from this book is that one of ten people are descended from those 102 pilgrims. I happen to know my ancestors include 3 of them, most notably John Alden, who was my 9th great grandfather.
If you REALLY want to know what life was like, what was the relationships like with the Indians, how they cooperated with other colonies and how religion played into to things, read this book!!!
Well written. A great read. A great story!
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