Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick is the story of the Mayflower that brought the pilgrims to the New World. I bought this book when a friend of my wife's came to visit. Before it rose to the top of my unread books, I had passed it onto my mother-in-law to enjoy and she felt it was excellent.
Started: 1/11/2017
Completed: 10/22/2018
Recommendation: Recommended
Recommended By: Nobody
Review:
An interesting story that tells me a lot I did not know about the journey itself. I also learned a ton about King Phillip's war. For some reason I thought that King Phillip must have been an English king. I was completely wrong, King Phillip was an Indian. The story ends well into the 1800s, so it is much more than the story of the Mayflower itself. It took me a long time to get through because I was listening on audio and I had to return the CDs to the library. Recently, I was able to get them out once more and finished the last few.
This book is not a page turner. This book is a rather slow read largely because the topics discussed are so discordant from the taught history. I have to agree with Philbrick that I went quickly from the pilgrims to the civil war without really considering what came in between.
An interesting story that tells me a lot I did not know about the journey itself. I also learned a ton about King Phillip's war. For some reason I thought that King Phillip must have been an English king. I was completely wrong, King Phillip was an Indian. The story ends well into the 1800s, so it is much more than the story of the Mayflower itself. It took me a long time to get through because I was listening on audio and I had to return the CDs to the library. Recently, I was able to get them out once more and finished the last few.
This book is not a page turner. This book is a rather slow read largely because the topics discussed are so discordant from the taught history. I have to agree with Philbrick that I went quickly from the pilgrims to the civil war without really considering what came in between.
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