Mayflower

A Story of Courage, Community, and War

De: Nathaniel Philbrick

Narrado por: George Guidall

"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.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Startling [and] fascinating." —The New York Times

Perfect!

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

WHAT THE TEACHER DIDN'T TELL YOU

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

Excellent

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.

Masterpiece

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.

History we never hear about

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.

Mayflower a Great audio book

I really enjoyed this book, the narrator really kept my attention and the contents of the book kept my attention.

Interesting book

Good history, interesting, but it was too long. All the events ran together after a while. Worthwhile, however, especially for history buffs.

A solid overview of early New England history

What made the experience of listening to Mayflower the most enjoyable?

I appreciated that the author avoided either being too cynical or too naive about a story which, as he noted, has formed the center of our national myth since the Civil War. He tried hard to be objective and view the Pilgrims as human, neither the shining paragons of virtue the Victorians depicted them as, nor as evil genocidal maniacs (which you could certainly feel they were at some points in the story). Instead, he just treats them as ordinary humans in a hard situation, products of their time who did some great things, some terrible things, and made the most of a bad situation while sometimes making the situation worse with their own inexperience. King Philip's War was a fascinating story and I was glad it was included. My main problem with the book is that it occasionally got too disjointed. A lot of the Philip's War discussion was just a recitation of the timeline of events of the war, so I sort of phased out during a lot of that. Sometimes the details included were a bit random (like Massasoit's gastrointestinal issues during his bout with Typhoid...), and then details which I wanted to know were left out, or questions I began to wonder about. So while it's a good overview, you don't walk away feeling like you've gotten a comprehensive story in the way that I have felt in some other Audible history books.

Any additional comments?

My main problem with the book is that it occasionally got too disjointed. A lot of the Philip's War discussion was just a recitation of the timeline of events of the war, so I sort of phased out during a lot of that. Sometimes the details included were a bit random (like Massasoit's gastrointestinal issues during his bout with Typhoid...), and then details which I wanted to know were left out, or questions I began to wonder about. So while it's a good overview, you don't walk away feeling like you've gotten a comprehensive story in the way that I have felt in some other Audible history books.

Excellent account of the Mayflower

Starting in Scrooby in the early 1600s and ending with King Philip's war, this a must read for all US history buffs.

Every US citizen needs to read this

As a native New Englander, this piece answers so many holes that are untold in this area. It is an absolute must read and Philbrick illustrates it beautifully.