A Great & Godly Adventure
The Pilgrims & the Myth of the First Thanksgiving
New York : PublicAffairs, [2006]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xxvi, 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
The first Thanksgiving wasn't celebrated with turkey (there weren't any in Massachusetts) and didn't take place in 1621. Indeed the settlers, who probably didn't think of themselves as Pilgrims and were most certainly not revolutionaries against their king, were lucky not to be wiped out during their first winter. They probably would have been had the local Indian population not been affected even worse by disease and starvation.
In this fascinating history of America's favorite creation myth, peppered with delightful and unexpected insights, Godfrey Hodgson throws new light on the radicalism of the so-called Pilgrims, the financing of their trip, the state of the Indian tribes that they encountered when they landed and the reasons why Plymouth probably didn't have a rock.
Contents:
Thanksgiving -- The Reformation -- Scrooby -- The waters of exile -- Voyage and landfall -- A place of habitation -- First encounters -- The loss of trust -- The colony -- Fasts and thanksgiving -- A republic gives thanks -- The invention of a tradition.
Subjects:
Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)
Thanksgiving Day -- History.
Wampanoag Indians -- History -- 17th century.
Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples -- Massachusetts.
Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691.
Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)
Thanksgiving Day -- History.
Wampanoag Indians -- History -- 17th century.
Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples -- Massachusetts.
Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691.
ISBN:
1586483730
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US Hod | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/18/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index.