Great and Godly Adventure The Pilgrims and the Myth of the First Thanksgiving

Name: Great and Godly Adventure The Pilgrims and the Myth of the First Thanksgiving
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ISBN: 9781586485047

ISBN-10: 1586485040

ISBN-13: 9781586485047

Edition: 2007

Authors: Godfrey Hodgson

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The first Thanksgiving wasn't celebrated with turkey (there weren't any in Massachusetts) and didn't take place in 1621. Indeed the settlers, who probably didn't think of themselves as Pilgrims and were most certainly not revolutionaries against their king, were lucky not to be wiped out during their first winter. They probably would have been had the local Indian population not been affected even worse by disease and starvation. In this fascinating history of America's favorite creation myth, peppered with delightful and unexpected insights, Godfrey Hodgson throws new light on the radicalism of the so-called Pilgrims, the financing of their trip, the state of the Indian tribes that they…

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List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 10/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Prologue. Thanksgiving



The Reformation



Scrooby



The Waters of Exile



Voyage and Landfall



A Place of Habitation



First Encounters



The Loss of Trust



The Colony



Fasts and Thanksgiving



A Republic Gives Thanks


Epilogue. The Invention of a Tradition


Notes


Index