A Stranger Among Saints
Stephen Hopkins, the Man Who Survived Jamestown and Saved Plymouth
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Sometime between 1610 and 1611, William Shakespeare wrote The Tempest. The idea for the play came from the real-life shipwreck in 1609 of the Sea Venture, which was caught in a hurricane and grounded on the coast of Bermuda during a voyage to resupply England's troubled colony at Jamestown, in present-day Virginia.
A lesser known passenger was Stephen Hopkins. During the 10 months the Sea Venture passengers were marooned on Bermuda, Hopkins was charged with trying to incite a mutiny and condemned to die, only to have his sentence commuted moments before it was to be carried out. In 1620, Hopkins signed on to another colonial venture, joining a group of religious radicals on the Mayflower.
The Pilgrims encountered their own tempest, a furor that started when they anchored off Cape Cod and lasted for their first 12 months in the New World. Disease and sickness stole nearly half their number, and their first contacts with the indigenous Americans were contentious. The entire enterprise hung in the balance, and it was during these trials that Hopkins became one of the expedition's leaders, playing a vital role in bridging the divide of suspicion between the English immigrants and their native neighbors.
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- Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience
- De: Martyn Whittock
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
Leading into the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, Martyn Whittock examines the lives of the "saints" (members of the Separatist Puritan congregations) and "strangers" (economic migrants) on the original ship. Collectively, these people would become known to history as "the Pilgrims". The story of the Pilgrims has taken on a life of its own as one of our founding national myths - their escape from religious persecution, the dangerous transatlantic journey, that brutal first winter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful!
- De D. Coello en 11-25-20
De: Martyn Whittock
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Love and Hate in Jamestown
- John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation
- De: David A. Price
- Narrado por: Josh Innerst
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 61
Drawing on period letters and chronicles, and on the papers of the Virginia Company - which financed the settlement of Jamestown - David Price tells a tale of cowardice and courage, stupidity and brilliance, tragedy and costly triumph. He takes us into the day-to-day existence of the English men and women whose charge was to find gold and a route to the Orient, and who found, instead, hardship and wretched misery. Death, in fact, became the settlers' most faithful companion, and their infighting was ceaseless.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Five Star History!
- De Damian en 08-13-23
De: David A. Price
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Marooned
- Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America's Origin
- De: Joseph Kelly
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 25
We all know the great American origin story: It begins with an exodus. Fleeing religious persecution, the hardworking, pious Pilgrims thrived in the wilds of New England, where they built their fabled "shining city on a hill". Legend goes that the colony in Jamestown was a false start, offering a cautionary tale of lazy louts who hunted gold till they starved and shiftless settlers who had to be rescued by English food and the hard discipline of martial law.
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4 out of 5 stars
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“Breath-y” narration bit great book
- De NBerg en 02-15-20
De: Joseph Kelly
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This Land Is Their Land
- The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving
- De: David J. Silverman
- Narrado por: William Roberts
- Duración: 14 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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In March 1621, when Plymouth’s survival was hanging in the balance, the Wampanoag sachem (or chief), Ousamequin (Massasoit), and Plymouth’s governor, John Carver, declared their people’s friendship for each other and a commitment to mutual defense. Later that autumn, the English gathered their first successful harvest and lifted the specter of starvation. Ousamequin and 90 of his men then visited Plymouth for the 'First Thanksgiving'. The treaty remained operative until King Philip’s War in 1675, when 50 years of uneasy peace between the two parties would come to an end.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This factual presentation is lasting
- De marwalk en 04-10-20
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The Company
- The Rise and Fall of the Hudson’s Bay Empire
- De: Stephen R. Bown
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 16 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 89
The Hudson’s Bay Company started out small in 1670, trading practical manufactured goods for furs with the indigenous inhabitants of inland subarctic Canada. Controlled by a handful of English aristocrats, it expanded into a powerful political force that ruled the lives of many thousands of people - from the lowlands south and west of Hudson Bay, to the tundra, the great plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the Pacific Northwest.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Distracting and Annoying racist tropes
- De Eric en 10-28-22
De: Stephen R. Bown
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Away Off Shore
- Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
- De: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
In his first book of history, Away Off Shore, New York Times best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals the people and the stories behind what was once the whaling capital of the world. Beyond its charm, quaint local traditions, and whaling yarns, Philbrick explores the origins of Nantucket in this comprehensive history. From the English settlers who thought they were purchasing a "Native American ghost town" but actually found a fully realized society, the story of Nantucket is a truly unique chapter of American history.
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3 out of 5 stars
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There once were some (wo)men in Nantucket...
- De Darwin8u en 02-03-19
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The Pilgrim Chronicles: An Eyewitness History of the Pilgrims and the Founding of Plymouth Colony
- De: Rod Gragg
- Narrado por: Micah Lee
- Duración: 7 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved it!
- De tiffany en 12-22-15
De: Rod Gragg
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In Search of a Kingdom
- Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
- De: Laurence Bergreen
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 779
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 655
In this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer of Magellan, Columbus, and Marco Polo brings alive the singular life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, the pirate/explorer/admiral whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better than the text
- De Bramante en 04-07-21
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Mayflower
- A Story of Courage, Community, and War
- De: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,916
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,104
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,096
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 best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals in his spellbinding new book, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the well-known tale of piety and sacrifice; it is a 55-year epic that is at once tragic, heroic, exhilarating, and profound.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating book about a little-understood time
- De John M en 02-04-07
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The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown
- The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America
- De: Lorri Glover, Daniel Smith
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 10 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 60
The English had long dreamed of colonizing America, especially after Sir Francis Drake brought home Spanish treasure and dramatic tales from his raids in the Caribbean. Ambitions of finding gold and planting a New World colony seemed within reach when, in 1606, Thomas Smythe extended overseas trade with the launch of the Virginia Company. But from the beginning the American enterprise was a disaster.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great !
- De Cheryl en 05-02-10
De: Lorri Glover, y otros
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A Land So Strange
- The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
- De: Andres Resendez
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,505
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,142
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,144
In 1528, a mission set out from Spain to colonize Florida. But the expedition went horribly wrong: Delayed by a hurricane, knocked off course by a colossal error of navigation, and ultimately doomed by a disastrous decision to separate the men from their ships, the mission quickly became a desperate journey of survival. Of the 300 men who had embarked on the journey, only four survived - three Spaniards and an African slave.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A worthwhile listen
- De Blake en 07-10-13
De: Andres Resendez
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Making Haste from Babylon
- The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History
- De: Nick Bunker
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 18 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across the Atlantic on board the Mayflower, the atmosphere remained charged with fear and expectation. Men and women readied themselves for war, pestilence, or divine retribution. Against this background, and amid deep economic depression, the Pilgrims conceived their enterprise of exile.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, detailed and eye-opening
- De David en 09-20-15
De: Nick Bunker
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Conquistador Voices
- The Spanish Conquest of the Americas as Recounted Largely by the Participants, Volume I
- De: Kevin H. Siepel
- Narrado por: Kevin H Siepel
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 58
The Spanish Conquest: What really happened? If you like to use your drive time for education by audiobook, consider this audiobook for widening and deepening your view of an event you studied briefly in school - the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Conquistador Voices, neither glamorizes nor condemns the conquistadors. Somewhat in the manner of a modern film documentary, it treats the so-called conquest as an historical event that’s worth learning about for its own sake, with most of the moralizing left to the listener.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The Misleading Title is the Most Forgivable Part..
- De Tyler Sanders en 12-19-22
De: Kevin H. Siepel
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Conquering the Pacific
- An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery
- De: Andrés Reséndez
- Narrado por: Phil Morris
- Duración: 6 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
It began with a secret mission, no expenses spared. Spain, plotting to break Portugal’s monopoly trade with the fabled Orient, set sail from a hidden Mexican port to cross the Pacific - and then, critically, to attempt the never-before-accomplished return, the vuelta. Four ships set out from Navidad, each one carrying a dream team of navigators. The smallest ship, guided by seaman Lope Martín, a mulatto who had risen through the ranks to become one of the most qualified pilots of the era, soon pulled far ahead and became mysteriously lost from the fleet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must Read, Excellent
- De Amazon Customer en 10-07-22
De: Andrés Reséndez
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The Island at the Center of the World
- The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
- De: Russell Shorto
- Narrado por: Russell Shorto
- Duración: 14 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 555
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 484
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 481
In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Incomplete history, but fun. Performance is poor.
- De Matthew en 11-27-18
De: Russell Shorto
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The First Frontier
- The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America
- De: Scott Weidensaul
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 16 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 385
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 339
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 339
Frontier: the word carries the inevitable scent of the West. But before Custer or Lewis and Clark, before the first Conestoga wagons rumbled across the Plains, it was the East that marked the frontier - the boundary between complex Native cultures and the first colonizing Europeans.Here is the older, wilder, darker history of a time when the land between the Atlantic and the Appalachians was contested ground - when radically different societies adopted and adapted the ways of the other, while struggling for control of what all considered to be their land.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too PC
- De Eric en 07-24-13
De: Scott Weidensaul
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Champlain's Dream
- De: David Hackett Fischer
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 286
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 225
In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlain - soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and Father of New France. We remember Champlain mainly as a great explorer. On foot and by ship and canoe, he traveled through what are now six Canadian provinces and five American states. Over more than 30 years he founded, colonized, and administered French settlements in North America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Narration - Illuminating History
- De jmholmberg en 11-02-08
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Blackbeard
- America's Most Notorious Pirate
- De: Angus Konstam
- Narrado por: Eric G. Dove
- Duración: 11 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 163
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 139
Of all the colorful cutthroats who scoured the seas in search of plunder during the Golden Age of Piracy in the early 18th century, none was more ferocious or notorious than Blackbeard. As unforgettable as his savage career was, much of Blackbeard's life has been shrouded in mystery - until now. Drawing on vivid descriptions of Blackbeard's attacks from his rare surviving victims, pirate expert Angus Konstam traces Blackbeard's career from its beginnings to his final defeat in a tremendous sea battle near his base at Ocracoke Island
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4 out of 5 stars
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It’s alright
- De B. Williams en 02-26-21
De: Angus Konstam
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Here Shall I Die Ashore
- Stephen Hopkins: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and Mayflower Pilgrim
- De: Caleb Johnson
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 7 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent Stephen Hopkins to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horsemans coat as a gift and sign of friendship. For most ordinary Englishmen, venturing off into the depths of unexplored America would have been a once in a lifetime adventure - but not for Stephen.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Detailed.....found it a little unbelievable.
- De Thomas E. Burger en 02-14-22
De: Caleb Johnson
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Mayflower Lives
- Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience
- De: Martyn Whittock
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
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Leading into the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, Martyn Whittock examines the lives of the "saints" (members of the Separatist Puritan congregations) and "strangers" (economic migrants) on the original ship. Collectively, these people would become known to history as "the Pilgrims". The story of the Pilgrims has taken on a life of its own as one of our founding national myths - their escape from religious persecution, the dangerous transatlantic journey, that brutal first winter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful!
- De D. Coello en 11-25-20
De: Martyn Whittock
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Savage Kingdom
- The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America
- De: Benjamin Woolley
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 91
Four centuries ago, and 14 years before the Mayflower, a group of men - led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat, a reprobate cleric, and a government spy - left London aboard a fleet of three ships to start a new life in America. They arrived in Virginia in the spring of 1607 and set about trying to create a settlement on a tiny island in the James River.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Interesting story - poor narration
- De Don George en 08-19-07
De: Benjamin Woolley
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The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown
- The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America
- De: Lorri Glover, Daniel Smith
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 10 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 60
The English had long dreamed of colonizing America, especially after Sir Francis Drake brought home Spanish treasure and dramatic tales from his raids in the Caribbean. Ambitions of finding gold and planting a New World colony seemed within reach when, in 1606, Thomas Smythe extended overseas trade with the launch of the Virginia Company. But from the beginning the American enterprise was a disaster.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great !
- De Cheryl en 05-02-10
De: Lorri Glover, y otros
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Marooned
- Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America's Origin
- De: Joseph Kelly
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 25
We all know the great American origin story: It begins with an exodus. Fleeing religious persecution, the hardworking, pious Pilgrims thrived in the wilds of New England, where they built their fabled "shining city on a hill". Legend goes that the colony in Jamestown was a false start, offering a cautionary tale of lazy louts who hunted gold till they starved and shiftless settlers who had to be rescued by English food and the hard discipline of martial law.
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4 out of 5 stars
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“Breath-y” narration bit great book
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Crucible of War
- The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
- De: Fred Anderson
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 29 h y 4 m
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In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War - long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution - takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict helped both to create Britain's empire and to sow the seeds of its eventual dissolution. Beginning with a skirmish in the Pennsylvania backcountry involving an inexperienced George Washington, the Iroquois chief Tanaghrisson, and the ill-fated French emissary Jumonville, Anderson reveals a chain of events that would lead to world conflagration.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Detailed History
- De Daniel en 07-15-18
De: Fred Anderson
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Here Shall I Die Ashore
- Stephen Hopkins: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and Mayflower Pilgrim
- De: Caleb Johnson
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- Duración: 7 h y 42 m
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In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent Stephen Hopkins to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horsemans coat as a gift and sign of friendship. For most ordinary Englishmen, venturing off into the depths of unexplored America would have been a once in a lifetime adventure - but not for Stephen.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Detailed.....found it a little unbelievable.
- De Thomas E. Burger en 02-14-22
De: Caleb Johnson
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Mayflower Lives
- Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience
- De: Martyn Whittock
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
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Leading into the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, Martyn Whittock examines the lives of the "saints" (members of the Separatist Puritan congregations) and "strangers" (economic migrants) on the original ship. Collectively, these people would become known to history as "the Pilgrims". The story of the Pilgrims has taken on a life of its own as one of our founding national myths - their escape from religious persecution, the dangerous transatlantic journey, that brutal first winter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful!
- De D. Coello en 11-25-20
De: Martyn Whittock
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Savage Kingdom
- The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America
- De: Benjamin Woolley
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 91
Four centuries ago, and 14 years before the Mayflower, a group of men - led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat, a reprobate cleric, and a government spy - left London aboard a fleet of three ships to start a new life in America. They arrived in Virginia in the spring of 1607 and set about trying to create a settlement on a tiny island in the James River.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Interesting story - poor narration
- De Don George en 08-19-07
De: Benjamin Woolley
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The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown
- The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America
- De: Lorri Glover, Daniel Smith
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
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The English had long dreamed of colonizing America, especially after Sir Francis Drake brought home Spanish treasure and dramatic tales from his raids in the Caribbean. Ambitions of finding gold and planting a New World colony seemed within reach when, in 1606, Thomas Smythe extended overseas trade with the launch of the Virginia Company. But from the beginning the American enterprise was a disaster.
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Great !
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De: Lorri Glover, y otros
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Marooned
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- De: Joseph Kelly
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
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4 out of 5 stars
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“Breath-y” narration bit great book
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Crucible of War
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- De: Fred Anderson
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In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War - long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution - takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict helped both to create Britain's empire and to sow the seeds of its eventual dissolution. Beginning with a skirmish in the Pennsylvania backcountry involving an inexperienced George Washington, the Iroquois chief Tanaghrisson, and the ill-fated French emissary Jumonville, Anderson reveals a chain of events that would lead to world conflagration.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Detailed History
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The Mayflower
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- De: Rebecca Fraser
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 15 h y 28 m
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The voyage of the Mayflower and the founding of Plymouth Colony is one of the seminal events in world history. But the poorly equipped group of English Puritans who ventured across the Atlantic in the early autumn of 1620 had no sense they would pass into legend. They had 80 casks of butter and two dogs but no cattle for milk, meat, or ploughing. They were ill prepared for the brutal journey and the new land that few of them could comprehend.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I kept saying "Oh My Goodness!"
- De Midwestern en 11-29-19
De: Rebecca Fraser
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They Came for Freedom
- The Forgotten, Epic Adventure of the Pilgrims
- De: Jay Milbrandt
- Narrado por: Wayne Campbell
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Once a year at Thanksgiving, we encounter Pilgrims as folksy people in funny hats before promptly forgetting them. In the centuries since America began, the Pilgrims have been relegated to folklore and children's stories, fairy-tale mascots for holiday parties and greeting cards. The true story of the Pilgrim fathers could not be more different.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very dramatic history
- De Ted Baehr en 09-12-22
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King Philip's War
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- De: Eric B. Schultz, Michael J. Tougias, Nathaniel Philbrick - foreword
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
At once an in-depth history of this pivotal war and a guide to the historical sites where the ambushes, raids, and battles took place, King Philip's War expands our understanding of American history and provides insight into the nature of colonial and ethnic wars in general. Through a careful reconstruction of events, including first-person accounts, and by providing information on the exact locations of more than 50 battles, King Philip's War is useful as well as informative.
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Indian Good; White Man Bad
- De Gary M. Hale en 06-04-21
De: Eric B. Schultz, y otros
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Mayflower
- A Story of Courage, Community, and War
- De: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
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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 best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals in his spellbinding new book, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the well-known tale of piety and sacrifice; it is a 55-year epic that is at once tragic, heroic, exhilarating, and profound.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating book about a little-understood time
- De John M en 02-04-07
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American Colonies: The Settling of North America
- Penguin History of the United States, Book 1
- De: Alan Taylor
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 21 h y 54 m
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In the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States series, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by examining the many cultures that helped make America, from the native inhabitants from millennia past through the decades of Western colonization and conquest and across the entire continent, all the way to the Pacific coast.
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Excellent ..
- De aintbuyinit en 09-03-18
De: Alan Taylor
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Pilgrims and Puritans: 1620-1676
- Drama of American History
- De: James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier
- Narrado por: Jim Manchester
- Duración: 1 h y 56 m
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In Pilgrims and Puritans, the authors begin in the year 1620 in England and end in New England in the year 1676. The book recounts the religious, political, and social history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and its influence on our lives today. The narrative follows various groups of settlers from their departure from England through arrival in the New World and their often violent conflicts with the native peoples of the Americas. The authors examine a number of issues that arose in the new society that was founded and the rise and fall of the "city on a hill."
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We need a Puritan revival
- De pat hanley en 08-10-21
De: James Lincoln Collier, y otros
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Bloody Mohawk
- The French and Indian War & American Revolution on New York's Frontier
- De: Richard Berleth
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 18 h y 16 m
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In this narrative history of the Mohawk River Valley and surrounding region from 1713 to 1794, Professor Richard Berleth charts the passage of the valley from a fast-growing agrarian region streaming with colonial traffic to a war-ravaged wasteland. The valley's diverse cultural mix of Iroquois Indians, Palatine Germans, Scots-Irish, Dutch, English, and Highland Scots played as much of a role as its unique geography in the cataclysmic events of the 1700s - the French and Indian Wars and the battles of the American Revolution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent
- De Jonathan P Firl en 09-19-18
De: Richard Berleth
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The Puritans
- A Transatlantic History
- De: David D. Hall
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 21 h y 24 m
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This book is a sweeping transatlantic history of Puritanism from its emergence out of the religious tumult of Elizabethan England to its founding role in the story of America. Shedding critical new light on the diverse forms of Puritan belief and practice in England, Scotland, and New England, David Hall provides a multifaceted account of a cultural movement that judged the Protestant reforms of Elizabeth's reign to be unfinished.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent History and Legacy for today
- De GallowsJudge en 02-12-21
De: David D. Hall
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Hot Protestants
- A History of Puritanism in England and America
- De: Michael P. Winship
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 15 h y 37 m
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Begun in the mid-16th century by Protestant nonconformists keen to reform England's church and society while saving their own souls, the puritan movement was a major catalyst in the great cultural changes that transformed the early modern world. Providing a uniquely broad transatlantic perspective, this groundbreaking volume traces puritanism's tumultuous history from its initial attempts to reshape the Church of England to its establishment of godly republics in both England and America, and its demise at the end of the 17th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well done
- De Larry and Cindi en 03-11-21
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Of Plymouth Plantation
- De: William Bradford, Harold Paget
- Narrado por: Matthew McAuliffe
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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The most important and influential source of information about the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, this landmark account was written between 1630 and 1647. It vividly documents the Pilgrims' adventures: their first stop in Holland, the harrowing transatlantic crossing aboard the Mayflower, the first harsh winter in the new colony, and the help from friendly Native Americans that saved their lives. No one was better equipped to report on the Plymouth community than William Bradford. Revered for his patience, wisdom, and courage, Bradford was elected to the office of governor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Those stories...they’re true!
- De Kindle Customer en 10-31-18
De: William Bradford, y otros
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They Knew They Were Pilgrims
- Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty
- De: John G. Turner
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 13 h y 1 m
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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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Oh my gosh
- De oldgal en 05-16-20
De: John G. Turner
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Denali
- De: Austin Bunn
- Narrado por: Jack Falahee, Jake Lacy, Amrit Kaur, y otros
- Duración: 1 h y 16 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,140
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Three friends from small-town Pennsylvania set out to conquer Denali, North America's highest peak, but only two come down alive. On the mountain, their grand adventure unravels into a harrowing tale of survival, betrayal, and the haunting consequences of ambition pushed too far. For fans of Into Thin Air, Touching the Void, and 127 Hours, Denali has a full cast, jaw-dropping twists, and immersive sound design that will transport you to one of the most extreme environments on earth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun and thrilling
- De Anonymous User en 01-23-25
De: Austin Bunn
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- F. Macomber
- 04-09-20
Fascinating personal story and history lesson!
Jonathan Mack tells the incredible story of a largely unrecognized pilgrim who may well have saved the early colonists and our nascent country. It is an wonderfully told story of a remarkable human being and a very agreeable history lesson. Our nation owes a posthumous thanks to Stephen Hopkins, and a current kudos to Mr. Mack!
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- Grant Finlayson
- 05-02-20
Inspiring
Impressively researched, well-written, and sympathetically presented account of a common man who made extraordinary contributions.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-07-24
I'm descent.
very interesting on how less then 50 humans can start an entire new world order. also what a horrible way of life. so much misfortune. all in the name of God.
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- KQ
- 02-23-21
This book makes history come alive
As a descendant of Stephen Hopkins, I’m so grateful for this authors research and the vivid details of life in those colonies. This book is an excellent read.
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- Kate Kat
- 06-08-20
Wow, this was good
Wonderful history of the Plymouth forefathers and of Hopkins. He is examined in his full humanity, his virtues as well as his flaws, but the balance leaves us with the story of a most remarkable man. Research is excellent, narration superb. Highly recommended.
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- Kenneth M. Flower
- 12-20-21
Related !
wonderful, happy to know I.m related to S. Hopkins. so happy The Famous and Historic Ship, The Mayflower made it Safely.
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- Deborah Rudolph
- 12-18-23
Great book
This is the history we should have .learned. I understand much more now. Will read it again.
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- Angie
- 02-01-21
for a deep understanding of American history.
I need in depth history not quick quotes on FB. this audiobook strengthed my understanding of early American history. I have spent countless hours with this audiobook and ones like it. excellent book. I highly recommend it.
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- Amy
- 11-27-20
Such great insight
I am a direct descendent of Steven Hopkins, which I only just recently discovered. This book was an absolute amazing find to get insight into someone who was so significant in the founding of our country but which was not widely documented. The book does quite a bit of speculation based on researching several sources. I was disappointed in how much speculation is done but as he was not widely documented in his deeds speculation is the best we can hope for. I found this fascinating.
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- Jeffrey Hopkins
- 05-13-24
Enlightening History
So many amazing historical facts and stories about a unique time in history. Absolutely loved it.
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