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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... better understanding of the mind and ways of its white inhabitants . Begun in 1630 and completed a decade before his death in 1657 , Bradford's manuscript disappeared from Boston after the British evacuation of that city in 1776. A ...
... better understanding of the mind and ways of its white inhabitants . Begun in 1630 and completed a decade before his death in 1657 , Bradford's manuscript disappeared from Boston after the British evacuation of that city in 1776. A ...
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... better and easier place of living could be had , it would draw many and take away these discouragements . Yea , their pastor3 would often say that many of those who both wrote and preached now against 2 THE MAYFLOWER PAPERS.
... better and easier place of living could be had , it would draw many and take away these discouragements . Yea , their pastor3 would often say that many of those who both wrote and preached now against 2 THE MAYFLOWER PAPERS.
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... better to dislodge betimes to some place of better advantage and less danger , if any such could be found . Thirdly , as necessity was a taskmaster over them , so they were forced to be such , not only to their servants , but in a sort ...
... better to dislodge betimes to some place of better advantage and less danger , if any such could be found . Thirdly , as necessity was a taskmaster over them , so they were forced to be such , not only to their servants , but in a sort ...
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... better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact , constitute , and frame such just and equal laws , ordinances , acts , constitutions , and offices , from time to time , as shall be ...
... better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact , constitute , and frame such just and equal laws , ordinances , acts , constitutions , and offices , from time to time , as shall be ...
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... better part , which cleaved faithfully together in the main . But that which was most sad and lamentable was that in two or three months ' time half of their company died , especially in January and February , being the depth of winter ...
... better part , which cleaved faithfully together in the main . But that which was most sad and lamentable was that in two or three months ' time half of their company died , especially in January and February , being the depth of winter ...
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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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