They Knew They Were Pilgrims
Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty
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They Knew They Were Pilgrims
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Narrated by:
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Bob Souer
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By:
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John G. Turner
An ambitious new history of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, published for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's landing.
In 1620, separatists from the Church of England set sail across the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. Understanding themselves as spiritual pilgrims, they left to preserve their liberty to worship God in accordance with their understanding of the Bible.
There exists, however, an alternative, more dispiriting version of their story. In it, the Pilgrims are religious zealots who persecuted dissenters and decimated the Native peoples through warfare and by stealing their land. The Pilgrims' definition of liberty was, in practice, very narrow.
Drawing on original research using underutilized sources, John G. Turner moves beyond these familiar narratives in his sweeping and authoritative new history of Plymouth Colony. Instead of depicting the Pilgrims as otherworldly saints or extraordinary sinners, he tells how a variety of English settlers and Native peoples engaged in a contest for the meaning of American liberty.
©2020 John G. Turner (P)2020 TantorThis book contains a lot (!!) of detailed information, and even some debunking of history as we know it. The way the author as not only collected this information but also put it together into a well-told story is genuinely impressive.
This book is, however, a little difficult to follow as an audiobook. There are many names, locations, and events that can be difficult to keep track of. This is particularly difficult because - as an factual book - there is no trope and the story line is linear. In an audiobook it’s not really easy to remember all the names that were mentioned earlier, for then to reappear a couple of hours (and tens of names) later. However, I’m sure this is avoidable with the physical book where you can simply turn the pages to catch up with names.
Still, I enjoyed the book and the reading was excellent!
Impressive
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