![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Pilgrims (as many of you already know) were Protestant separatists from the Church of England who journeyed to the New World in 1620 to create their own home and worship freely - theirs being a particularly hardcore form of Protestantism which frowned on frivolities like dancing, gambling and joy. ![]() Given the approach of Thanksgiving, this seasonally appropriate book brings you inside the cramped ship which brought our Pilgrim forebears to the shores of New England, then charts the course of the colony they created, terminating decades later with the great bloodletting that was King Philip’s War. Philbrick is an engrossing history writer who understands that good history isn’t about the recitation of dates and names, but rather the story which falls in between. I tore through it in a couple of days - a nice palate cleanser after the literary Long March that was Democracy in America (my previous conquest). Inspired, I decided to pick up Mayflower, another work of Philbrick’s which focuses on the Pilgrims, Plymouth Colony and the origins of America. Some of you might remember that Doc Richards and I attended a Bunker Hill book talk featuring author Nathaniel Philbrick a few weeks back. ![]()
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