The Mayflower & the Pilgrims' New World

From inside dust jacket:

In a fresh and extraordinary vivid account, National Book Award winnder Nathaniel Philbrick sheds new light on the settlement of Plymouth Colony. Here is the epic saga of how the Pilgrims and Native Americans forged an uneasy peace and how that peace disintegrated into King Philip's War, one of the deadliest conflicts ever fought on American soil.

Philbrick brilliantly evokes the drama of the Mayflower's voyage and the eerie emptiness of coastal New England in the fall of 1620. He artfully re-creates life as seen through the eyes of both Pilgrims and Native Americans and finds the human store behind the myths. Along the way, readers will encounter famous figures such as William Bradford, Miles Standish and Squanto, as well as the lesser-know frontiersman Benjamin Church and the extended family of the legendary Wampanoag leader Massasoit. Their stores are both heroic and tragic and still resonate with us today.

Adapted from the New York Times adult best seller, this edition has been specifically geared toward young readers and includes additional maps, artwork, and archival images. This gripping introduction to the founding of our country is a must-read for anyone who has yearned for a more complete story of how America began.

338 pages.