The Mayflower: The Families, The Voyage, And The Founding Of America
by Rebecca Fraser /
2017 / English / EPUB
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From acclaimed historian and biographer Rebecca Fraser comes a
vivid narrative history of the Mayflower and of the Winslow
family, who traveled to America in search of a new world.
From acclaimed historian and biographer Rebecca Fraser comes a
vivid narrative history of the Mayflower and of the Winslow
family, who traveled to America in search of a new world.
The voyage of the
The voyage of theMayflower
Mayflower and the founding of Plymouth
Colony is one of the seminal events in world history. But the
poorly-equipped group of English Puritans who ventured across the
Atlantic in the early autumn of 1620 had no sense they would pass
into legend. They had eighty casks of butter and two dogs but no
cattle for milk, meat, or ploughing. They were ill-prepared for
the brutal journey and the new land that few of them could
comprehend. But the
and the founding of Plymouth
Colony is one of the seminal events in world history. But the
poorly-equipped group of English Puritans who ventured across the
Atlantic in the early autumn of 1620 had no sense they would pass
into legend. They had eighty casks of butter and two dogs but no
cattle for milk, meat, or ploughing. They were ill-prepared for
the brutal journey and the new land that few of them could
comprehend. But theMayflower
Mayflower story did not end with these
Pilgrims’ arrival on the coast of New England or their first
uncertain years as settlers. Rebecca Fraser traces two
generations of one ordinary family and their extraordinary
response to the challenges of life in America.
story did not end with these
Pilgrims’ arrival on the coast of New England or their first
uncertain years as settlers. Rebecca Fraser traces two
generations of one ordinary family and their extraordinary
response to the challenges of life in America.
Edward Winslow, an apprentice printer, fled England and then
Holland for a life of religious freedom and opportunity. Despite
the intense physical trials of settlement, he found America
exotic, enticing, and endlessly interesting. He built a home and
a family, and his remarkable friendship with King Massassoit,
Chief of the Wampanoags, is part of the legend of Thanksgiving.
Yet, fifty years later, Edward’s son Josiah was commanding the
New England militias against Massassoit’s son in King Philip’s
War.
Edward Winslow, an apprentice printer, fled England and then
Holland for a life of religious freedom and opportunity. Despite
the intense physical trials of settlement, he found America
exotic, enticing, and endlessly interesting. He built a home and
a family, and his remarkable friendship with King Massassoit,
Chief of the Wampanoags, is part of the legend of Thanksgiving.
Yet, fifty years later, Edward’s son Josiah was commanding the
New England militias against Massassoit’s son in King Philip’s
War.The Mayflower
The Mayflower is an intensely human portrait of the
Winslow family written with the pace of an epic. Rebecca Fraser
details domestic life in the seventeenth century, the histories
of brave and vocal Puritan women and the contradictions between
generations as fathers and sons made the painful decisions which
determined their future in America.
is an intensely human portrait of the
Winslow family written with the pace of an epic. Rebecca Fraser
details domestic life in the seventeenth century, the histories
of brave and vocal Puritan women and the contradictions between
generations as fathers and sons made the painful decisions which
determined their future in America.