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Published by Penguin Group, 2006
ISBN 10: 0007228619ISBN 13: 9780007228614
Seller: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by HarperCollins, 2006
ISBN 10: 0007228619ISBN 13: 9780007228614
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Paperback. Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick's new book tells the story of the Pilgrim fathers who set sail on the Mayflower and the bloody battle they ultimately waged against the Native Americans. Behind the quaint and pious version of the "Mayflower" story usually taught in American grade schools is a tumultuous and largely untold tale of violence, subterfuge and epic drama. Following the Pilgrims on their perilous journey from England on a battered, leaky ship, through their first bitter North American winter (during which half of them died), to their equally bitter battle against the native Wampanoag tribe fifty years later, Philbrick paints a vivid and compelling picture of conflict, colonialism and a grim determination to survive in an unforgiving and, to the Europeans, dangerously alien environment. Among the litany of hardships, however, are stories of friendship and co-operation among the settlers and indigenous peoples, whose timely assistance on more than one occasion rescued the Pilgrims from otherwise certain death.This delicate and unstable relationship continued until King Philip's war, a terribly bloody conflict which decimated the English population and all but obliterated the Wampanoag. Central to the story of this decisive American battle are a host of marvellous characters, including Benjamin Church, the Plymouth-born frontiersman who used his knowledge of 'Indian ways' to help the British defeat the Native Americans. In capturing the drama and uncertainty of the first fifty years of settlement at Plymouth, Philbrick's fascinating history sets the stage for the later developments that would define the American nation and its inexorable push west. first published 2006. 2006. A trade paperback copy in fine, unmarked condition. ---length:- '23.4'width:- '15.3'units:- Centimeters.
Published by Harper Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0007228619ISBN 13: 9780007228614
Seller: Rons Bookshop (Canberra, Australia), Canberra, ACT, Australia
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This book, in capturing the drama and uncertainty of the Plymouth settlement, this fascinating history paints a vivid picture of a grim determination to survive and the spirit that would come to define the American nation.