Pilgrims (Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #13)
Mayflower & the Pilgrims’ New World
This simple question launches acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick on an extraordinary journey to understand the truth behind our most sacred national myth: the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Colony. As Philbrick reveals in this electrifying new book, the story of the Pilgrims does not end with the First Thanksgiving; instead, it is a fifty-five-year epic that is at once tragic and heroic, and still carries meaning for us today.
Plymouth Pilgrim, A: William Bradford’s Eyewitness Account of the Mayflower Passengers
“I highly recommend A Plymouth Pilgrim for middle school and high school students. My boys will be reading the book… and I feel blessed to be able to use it as a part of their studies.” – Danika Cooley (homeschooling blogger, and author of When Lightning Struck! The Story of Martin Luther).
This is the dramatic story of the Plymouth Pilgrims as told by an eyewitness to their lives: their persecutions, secret meetings, angry negotiations, religious disputes, savage storms, kidnapping and sabotage, fear and faith, and their desperate struggle to survive. This is William Bradford’s own 400-year-old story, now faithfully updated for today’s readers.
FEATURES OF THIS BOOK:
* Timeline of historical events leading up to the Plymouth settlement.
* Chapter questions for study, discussion, and reflection.
* Maps and illustrations unique to this book.
* Obscure historical references clarified within the text as part of the story.
* The list of Mayflower passengers grouped into families.
* Archaic language paraphrased into a clear first-person account.
* True to Bradford’s original content, convictions, and chronology.
This fresh retelling of the Pilgrim’s true story concludes with their first full year in the New World, thereby encompassing all the events that fascinate us most: from their persecutions in England, to their dangerous ocean voyage, their first encounters with Native Americans, their struggle against sickness and starvation, culminating with their now famous celebration that we call the “First Thanksgiving.”
In this book you will find neither patriotic hero-worship, nor politically correct revisionism. This is the true story of Governor William Bradford, with all his faith, fears, and frailties, but retold in modern language so readers may hear his story the way he might tell it today over a hot cup of tea at your kitchen table.
John Winthrop, Oliver Cromwell, and the Land of Promise
Packed with literary allusions, vivid descriptions of significant events, and a cast of memorable figures, this sweeping account picks up where the highly acclaimed Sir Walter Ralegh leaves off, providing another riveting look at British and early American history. Cast of characters, maps, endnotes and bibliography, Internet resources, timeline, index.
Adventurous Life of Myles Standish and the Amazing-but-True Survival Story of Plymouth Colony, The
It’s a story that has been told for almost 400 years—how a brave band of people set sail on the Mayflower to find a new life in America.
By weaving her chatty, narrative text with her incredibly detailed artwork, award-winning author-illustrator Cheryl Harness makes readers feel as though they are part of the adventure.
Students will discover all sorts of things they never knew before: that a teenage boy almost blew up the Mayflower and that the first Indian the Pilgrims met greeted them in English! They’ll learn more serious things, too: all about why they came, the hardships they suffered, the people they met, and the successes they achieved.
Middle-graders will experience one of history’s great adventures as only Cheryl Harness can tell it.
Mayflower Secret (Trailblazer Books Book 26)
Stories of the Pilgrims
Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House #27)
It’s a time for giving thanks . . .
when the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to 1621 on the first Thanksgiving Day. The Pilgrims ask them to help get things ready. But whether it’s cooking or clamming, Jack and Annie don’t know how to do “anything” the Pilgrim way. Will they ruin the holiday forever? Or will the feast go on?
Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims (Rush Revere #1)
