02080cam a2200289 4500 357746924 TxAuBib 060227s2006||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9780786286201 hardcover : lg. print : alk. paper 0786286202 hardcover : lg. print : alk. paper (OCoLC)950543119 DLC DLC BAKER OCO CoLwJCPL DMP TxAuBib Philbrick, Nathaniel. Mayflower [large print] : a story of courage, community, and war / Nathaniel Philbrick. Large print ed. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2006. 824 p. (large print) : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 736-822). From the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth. Yet, as author Philbrick reveals, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the well-known tale of piety and sacrifice; it is a 55-year epic. The Mayflowers religious refugees arrived in Plymouth Harbor during a period of crisis for Native Americans, as disease spread by European fishermen devastated their populations. Initially the two groups maintained a fragile working relationship. But within decades, New England erupted into King Philips War, a savage conflict that nearly wiped out colonists and natives alike, and forever altered the face of the fledgling colonies and the country that would grow from them. Philbrick has fashioned a portrait of the dawn of American history--dominated right from the start by issues of race, violence, and religion.--From publisher description. Bradford, William. Church, Benjamin 1590-1657. Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony.) Indians of North America Wars 1600-1750. Large type books. Massachusetts History New Plymouth, 1620-1691. QS7