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A story about faith, heroism and inspiration, this true narrative recounts the lives and adventures of the people who made the voyage in the "Mayflower" in 1620. The book recounts the events that led a group of Puritan Separatists to seek a new life in an unknown land, the struggles and adversities that were confronted and the difficulties of the voyage itself. It traces the extreme hardships of the early years, which could not have been overcome without the help of Native Americans. It also explores the significance of the voyage in the development of the United States of America, and shows how the ideals and beliefs of the Pilgrim Fathers came to inform the culture and constitution of the United States today.
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JULIA BALLAM is Professor of English Literature at De Montfort University, and Emeritus fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. Her main books are a biography of E Nesbit (Woman of Passion, Hutchinson) and This Stage-Play World, OUP, about the relationship between literature and society 1580-1625. Her sister ANTHEA is a freelance writer.
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Storytelling filled with stereotypes and inaccuracies, 24 Jan 2007
By WhoooserDaddy "History Guy" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: "Mayflower": The Voyage That Changed the World (Hardcover)
So with that review title that I have used, how can this book not be rated as "Poor"? Simple: it is an entertaining and engaging narrative that will capture your attention while you breeze through it in a number of days (if not less). As a simple, scratch-the-surface introduction to the plight of the Scrooby Separatists, this work succeeds. That being said, this book is best viewed as a junior-high level introductory work. The reading is simple, the text and storytelling flowing, but the depth and accuracy of the information is questionable at best.
Without nitpicking or going into tremendous detail on the shortcomings of this work, I will offer up these few items as examples so that the reader of this review might realize that I am not out to unneccessarily disparage the author's work: 1.) signers of the Mayflower Compact; 2.)the death of Dorothy Bradford; 3.) the style of homes built in Plymouth; 4.) the circumstances of the first "Thanksgiving"; 5.) the illustrations. Even the casual scholar of the Plymouth "pilgrims" will see the glaring inaccuracies, contradictions, and misinterpretations regarding these 5 items (as well as the age-old stereotypes they perpetuate) that are found throughout the entire work.
Overall, it's a "good try" by the author, but certainly not a "must read" for any serious student of the Old Colony or its founders.
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Very accurate and delightful book, 15 Sep 2008
By PEGGY BURRESS - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: "Mayflower": The Voyage That Changed the World (Hardcover)
I have read many books on the subject of American foundations, especially the Pilgrim story. I found this book, written by British authors, to be very accurate and not the usual attempt at revising American history through pilgrim-bashing opinion and not based on the actual facts. This book is researched with primary source documentation and not current day heresy.
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