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Mayflower

A Story of Courage, Community, and War

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Mayflower

By: Nathaniel Philbrick
Narrated by: George Guidall
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"Vivid and remarkably fresh...Philbrick has recast the Pilgrims for the ages."
--The New York Times Book Review

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history
New York Times Book Review Top Ten books of the Year

How did America begin? That simple question launches the acclaimed author of Bunker Hill and Valiant Ambition on an extraordinary journey to understand the truth behind our most sacred national myth: the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Colony. As Philbrick reveals in this electrifying history of the Pilgrims, the story of Plymouth Colony was a fifty-five year epic that began in peril and ended in war. New England erupted into a bloody conflict that nearly wiped out the English colonists and natives alike. These events shaped the existing communities and the country that would grow from them.©2006 Nathaniel Philbrick; (P)2006 Penguin Audio, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., and Recorded Books, LLC. All rights reserved. Americas Colonial Period Emigration & Immigration Politics & Government Social Sciences United States Royalty War Latin America American Colonies

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"Startling [and] fascinating." —The New York Times
Comprehensive History • Balanced Perspective • Flawless Narration • Well-researched Content • Educational Insights

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This is simply the best account of Pilgrim and Indian history I have ever heard.

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The Pilgrim story not glorified, not glamorized. Insight into the Indian - Settler relationship. Cohesive, Historical, storytelling. It was real, well done and flowed well until the King Philips War segments of which were disjointed just as the war was. It was scattered as the war was. A horrendous part of our early history not usually presented in our educatioal systems. Everyone should know the senerio portrayed. I learned and I liked it. Recommended

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I have listened to this book several times from start to finish and numerous parts of it even more. The author does a wonderful job brining the 17th century characters and events to life. Much of the story was already known to me but the details and the narration really provide great entertainment! It is so important for Americans of the 21st century to understand who our ancestors were of the 17th century, and to learn and appreciate what motivated many of them. So many Americans today have terrible misconceptions about our 17th century colonists to the new world..this book will help to better complete a very poorly taught part of our American past to Americans of today.

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This work is what you would expect from Philbrick; detailed and easy to read with a stunning amount of information for a relatively short volume. The narrator is first rate. Two thumbs up.

Masterpiece

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This was rough to listen to because it is a part of our history that we never hear about in school. I found myself saying "what if" many times.

History we never hear about

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