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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... leaves one of another ; which proved to be the last leave to many of them . Thus hoisting sail , with a prosperous wind they came in short time to Southampton , where they found the bigger ship come from London , lying ready with all ...
... leaves one of another ; which proved to be the last leave to many of them . Thus hoisting sail , with a prosperous wind they came in short time to Southampton , where they found the bigger ship come from London , lying ready with all ...
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... leave one of their ships and some of their company behind them . Being thus put to sea they had not gone far , but Mr. Reynolds , the master of the lesser ship , complained that he found his ship so leaky as he durst not put further to ...
... leave one of their ships and some of their company behind them . Being thus put to sea they had not gone far , but Mr. Reynolds , the master of the lesser ship , complained that he found his ship so leaky as he durst not put further to ...
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... leave them . Let it also be considered what weak hopes of supply and succor they left behind them that might bear up their minds in this sad condition and trials they were under ; and they could not but be very small . It is true ...
... leave them . Let it also be considered what weak hopes of supply and succor they left behind them that might bear up their minds in this sad condition and trials they were under ; and they could not but be very small . It is true ...
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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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