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Title: William Bradford: Governor of Plymouth Colony (Colonial Leaders) by Marianne Kendrick Hering, Arthur M., Jr Schlesinger, Arthur M. Schlesinger ISBN: 0-7910-5684-8 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Not just a biography but an excellent Pilgrim history
Comment: The Colonial Leaders series offers two different perspectives on the Plymouth Colony founded by the Pilgrims. One book looks at Miles Standish, the "Stranger" who was the colony's military leader, while this volume tells of story from the perspective of the colony's governor, William Bradford, one of the "Saints." So instead of focusing on military exploits and relationships with the Indians, this juvenile biography by Marianne Hering deals with the religious life of the colony and what they did to survive in the New World. Bradford was raised in an Anglican family who intended for him to be a shepherd, but the young boy insisted on becoming a Puritan, eventually joining the Separatists who fled to Holland to escape persecution. This book talks about the voyage on the "Mayflower," the Mayflower Compact, and the peace treaty with the Indians. Bradford was not the colony's first governor, but assumed the post when the first one suddenly died and it was then that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated. It was under Bradford that the colony expanded and Hering focuses on some of the basic democratic principles embodied in his decisions. This book is illustrated with historic pictures of the Pilgrims as well as contemporary photographs of the Plymouth Plantation recreation that tourists can visit. Even more than being a satisfactory juvenile biography of Bradford, this is one of the better histories of the Plymouth Colony that I have read. One of the interesting sidebars in this book dispels some of the myths about the Pilgrims that we remember each Thanksgiving.
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Title: William Bradford: Plymouth's Faithful Pilgrim by Gary D. Schmidt ISBN: 0802851487 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Homes in the Wilderness: A Pilgrim's Journal of Plymouth Plantation in 1620 by William Bradford, Margaret Wise Brown ISBN: 0208022694 Publisher: Linnet Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1989 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Cotton Mather: Author, Clergyman, and Scholar (Colonial Leaders (Paperback)) by Norma Jean Lutz, Arthur M., Jr Schlesinger ISBN: 0791056864 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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