Title:
The Mayflower
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
New York : Random House, [2020]
©2020
Physical Description:
200 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9780593120316
9780593120323
9781725498563
Abstract:
"Myths about the Mayflower and the Pilgrim's arrival in modern-day America debunked"-- Provided by publisher.
Challenging popular misconceptions about the actual events behind major historical periods, a fact-first chronicle of the Mayflower voyage and founding of the Plymouth Rock colony reveals how the Pilgrims nearly settled elsewhere, almost had a second ship and only met the Wampanoag months after arriving. - Publisher's description.
General Note:
"With special thanks to Linda Coombs, an educator and historian from the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe, who served as a consultant for this book" -- Title page.
Includes excerpt from Women's Right to Vote.
Contents:
Who were the pilgrims, anyway? -- Voyage on the Mayflower (but not the Speedwell) -- Journey across the sea -- Welcome to Plymouth Rock! (or maybe not...) -- People of the first light -- Long winter at Plymouth -- The Pilgrims and the Wampanoag People -- The myth of the first Thanksgiving -- From the Mayflower to the Seaflower.
Corporate Subject:
Subject Term:
Language:
English
Audience:
Ages 8-12
