OL800720W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 94.43 Pages 486 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1405614935 The better side of the hedge - Epilogue : ConscienceĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:36:26 Boxid IA170701 Boxid_2 CH102701 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Containerid_2 X0001 Donor Dangerous shoals and roaring breakers - 3. Philbrick has fashioned a fresh portrait of the dawn of American history-dominated right from the start by issues of race, violence, and religion.-From publisher descriptionĭiscovery: 1. But within decades, New England erupted into King Philip's War, a savage conflict that nearly wiped out colonists and natives alike, and forever altered the face of the fledgling colonies and the country that would grow from them. Initially the two groups maintained a fragile working relationship. The Mayflower's religious refugees arrived in Plymouth Harbor during a period of crisis for Native Americans, as disease spread by European fishermen devastated their populations.

Yet, as author Philbrick reveals, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the well-known tale of piety and sacrifice it is a 55-year epic. Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-445) and indexįrom the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth.

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