The Pilgrim Chronicles
An Eyewitness History of the Pilgrims and the Founding of Plymouth Colony
Published on 30. October 2014
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-62157-269-5 (ISBN)
Description
A Quest for Freedom
All Americans are familiar with the story of the Pilgrims?persecuted for their religion in the Old World, they crossed the ocean to settle in a wild and dangerous land. But for most of us, the story ends after their brutal first winter at Plymouth with a supposedly peaceful encounter with the Native Americans and a happy Thanksgiving.
Now, through the vivid memoirs, letters, and personal accounts in The Pilgrim Chronicles, you will discover the full, compelling story of their anguished journey and heroic strength. Award-winning historian Rod Gragg brings the Pilgrims to life in this lavishly illustrated guide, filled with moving, eyewitness narratives. From their persecution in England and painful exile in Holland to their voyage across the Atlantic and their struggle to survive among the Indians in an untamed wilderness, Gragg takes you on the harrowing and inspiring journey of a people seeking religious freedom.
All Americans are familiar with the story of the Pilgrims?persecuted for their religion in the Old World, they crossed the ocean to settle in a wild and dangerous land. But for most of us, the story ends after their brutal first winter at Plymouth with a supposedly peaceful encounter with the Native Americans and a happy Thanksgiving.
Now, through the vivid memoirs, letters, and personal accounts in The Pilgrim Chronicles, you will discover the full, compelling story of their anguished journey and heroic strength. Award-winning historian Rod Gragg brings the Pilgrims to life in this lavishly illustrated guide, filled with moving, eyewitness narratives. From their persecution in England and painful exile in Holland to their voyage across the Atlantic and their struggle to survive among the Indians in an untamed wilderness, Gragg takes you on the harrowing and inspiring journey of a people seeking religious freedom.
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Language
English
Place of publication
DC
United States
Publishing group
Regnery Publishing Inc
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 184 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
844 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62157-269-5 (9781621572695)
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Rod Gragg
The Pilgrim Chronicles
An Eyewitness History of the Pilgrims and the Founding of Plymouth Colony
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10/2014
Regnery History
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Content
Introduction 1 "Who Can Separate Us from the Love of Christ?" 2 "Rather than Turn, They Will Burn" 3 "They Resolved to Get Over into Holland" 4 "Buttermouths, Lubbers and Manifold Temptations" 5 "They Knew They Were Pilgrims" 6 "They Put to Sea Again with a Prosperous Wind" 7 "They Met with Many Fierce Storms" 8 "They Fell Upon their Knees and Blessed the God of Heaven" 9 "Half their Company Died" 10 "By the Goodness of God, We are Far from Want" Endnotes Bibliography Acknowledgements Index