The Mayflower Papers: Selected Writings of Colonial New EnglandPenguin, 2007 M04 24 - 336 páginas The most important personal accounts of the Plymouth Colony, the key sources of Nathaniel Philbrick's New York Times bestseller Mayflower National Book Award winner Nathaniel Philbrick and his father, Thomas Philbrick, present the most significant and readable original works that were used in the writing of Mayflower, offering a definitive look at a crucial era of America's history. The selections include William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation" (1651), the most comprehensive of all contemporary accounts of settlement in seventeenth-century America; Benjamin Church's "Entertaining Passages Relating to Philip's War 1716," an eye-opening account from Church's field notes from battle; and much more. Providing explanatory notes for every piece, the editors have vividly re-created the world of seventeenth-century New England for anyone interested in the early history of our nation. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... Providence Journal , January 15 , 1876 . Drake , Samuel . The Old Indian Chronicle . 1867 , rpt . Salem , Mass .: Higginson Book Company , 2004 . Easton , John . “ A Relacion of the Indyan Warre . ” In Charles H. Lincoln , ed ...
... Providence Journal , January 15 , 1876 . Drake , Samuel . The Old Indian Chronicle . 1867 , rpt . Salem , Mass .: Higginson Book Company , 2004 . Easton , John . “ A Relacion of the Indyan Warre . ” In Charles H. Lincoln , ed ...
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... Providence • Rehoboth O Matianuck Assawompsett Pond Wanamoisett Swansea Aptucket Hartford Sowams Pocasset Sandwich Mount Hope CONNECTICUT Mashpee RHODE Dartmouth ISLAND Newport Sakonnet Thames PEQUOTS NARRAGANSETTS POCASSETS MOHEGANS ...
... Providence • Rehoboth O Matianuck Assawompsett Pond Wanamoisett Swansea Aptucket Hartford Sowams Pocasset Sandwich Mount Hope CONNECTICUT Mashpee RHODE Dartmouth ISLAND Newport Sakonnet Thames PEQUOTS NARRAGANSETTS POCASSETS MOHEGANS ...
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... providence thought these few too many for the great work he had to do . But here by the way let me show how afterward it was found that the leakiness of this ship was partly by being overmasted and too much pressed with sails ; for ...
... providence thought these few too many for the great work he had to do . But here by the way let me show how afterward it was found that the leakiness of this ship was partly by being overmasted and too much pressed with sails ; for ...
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... providence . There was a proud and very profane young man , one of the seamen , of a lusty , able body , which made him the more haughty . He would always be condemning the poor people in their sickness , and cursing them daily with ...
... providence . There was a proud and very profane young man , one of the seamen , of a lusty , able body , which made him the more haughty . He would always be condemning the poor people in their sickness , and cursing them daily with ...
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... those dangers before night overtook them , as by God's providence they did . And the next day they got into the Cape harbors where they rode in safety . ... Being thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION II.
... those dangers before night overtook them , as by God's providence they did . And the next day they got into the Cape harbors where they rode in safety . ... Being thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION II.
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From William Bradford | 107 |
From Edward Winslow | 143 |
From Thomas Morton | 154 |
From Mary Rowlandson | 166 |
From Benjamin Church | 212 |
Notes | 289 |
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