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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... for his young son . As a result , Rowlandson's narrative provides us with one of the few first - person accounts of the Wampanoag leader during the war . Upon its publication in 1683 , The Sovereignty and Goodness of God INTRODUCTION ix.
... for his young son . As a result , Rowlandson's narrative provides us with one of the few first - person accounts of the Wampanoag leader during the war . Upon its publication in 1683 , The Sovereignty and Goodness of God INTRODUCTION ix.
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... person account , it was written in the third person by Church's son Thomas , who wrote the narrative under his father's supervision . But Entertaining Passages is much more than a nostalgic " as - told - to ” account . The extraordinary ...
... person account , it was written in the third person by Church's son Thomas , who wrote the narrative under his father's supervision . But Entertaining Passages is much more than a nostalgic " as - told - to ” account . The extraordinary ...
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... person made possible the survival of his community . And surely no other writer of his time affords the modern reader more immediate access to the world of seventeenth - century New England and a better understanding of the mind and ...
... person made possible the survival of his community . And surely no other writer of his time affords the modern reader more immediate access to the world of seventeenth - century New England and a better understanding of the mind and ...
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... persons , approved their cause , and honored their sufferings , yet they left them as it were weeping , as Orpah did her mother - in - law Naomi , or as those Romans Cato in Utica , ż who desired to be excused and borne with , though ...
... persons , approved their cause , and honored their sufferings , yet they left them as it were weeping , as Orpah did her mother - in - law Naomi , or as those Romans Cato in Utica , ż who desired to be excused and borne with , though ...
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... persons worn out with age and travail ( as many of them were ) could never be able to endure . And yet if they should , the miseries of the land which they should be exposed unto would be too hard to be borne ; and likely , some or all ...
... persons worn out with age and travail ( as many of them were ) could never be able to endure . And yet if they should , the miseries of the land which they should be exposed unto would be too hard to be borne ; and likely , some or all ...
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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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