Mayflower Lives
Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience
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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. Throughout the narrative, we meet characters already familiar to us through Thanksgiving folklore - Captain Jones, Myles Standish, and Tisquantum (Squanto) - as well as new ones.
There is Mary Chilton, the first woman to set foot on shore, and asylum seeker William Bradford. We meet fur trapper John Howland and little Mary More, who was brought as an indentured servant. Then there is Stephen Hopkins, who had already survived one shipwreck and was the only Mayflower passenger with any prior American experience. Decidedly un-Puritanical, he kept a tavern and was frequently chastised for allowing drinking on Sundays.
Epic and intimate, Mayflower Lives is a rich and rewarding audiobook that promises to enthrall anyone with an interest in early American history.
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 42
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book makes history come alive
- De KQ en 02-23-21
De: Jonathan Mack
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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 Jamestown Brides
- De: Jennifer Potter
- Narrado por: Charlotte Strevens
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 412
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 349
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 349
Jamestown, England's first real foothold in the New World, was fraught with danger - from starvation and disease to violent skirmishes between colonists and the native populations. Mortality rates were impossibly high: six out of seven settlers died within the first few years. How clear these and other perils were made to the 56 young women who left their homes and boarded ships in England in 1621, nearly 15 years after Jamestown's founding, is not known. But we do know who they were. Their ages ranged from 16 to 28, and they were deemed "young and uncorrupt".
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4 out of 5 stars
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WOMEN IN HISTORY
- De Grams en 06-29-19
De: Jennifer Potter
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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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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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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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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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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The Mayflower
- The Families, the Voyage, and the Founding of America
- De: Rebecca Fraser
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 15 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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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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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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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Erik the Red
- A Captivating Guide to the Viking Who Founded the First Norse Settlement in Greenland
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Desmond Manny
- Duración: 3 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 17
A formidable figure with flaming red hair, a wild beard, and a temper to match is a fitting description of Erik the Red. He was courageous on the battlefield, an accomplished seafarer, indomitable warrior, and unstoppable adventurer. In short, Erik the Red was everything we imagine a Viking to be. Explore the captivating life of Erik the Red.
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2 out of 5 stars
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totally dissapointing
- De james R. thompson en 09-17-18
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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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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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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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Vikings: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Vikings, Erik the Red and Leif Erikson
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Desmond Manny, Timothy Burke
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 34
Discover the captivating history of the Vikings, Erik the Red, and Leif Erikson in this three-book collection.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Don't waste your time
- De R Ray en 02-02-19
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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 Viking Heart
- How Scandinavians Conquered the World
- De: Arthur Herman
- Narrado por: Kiff VandenHeuvel
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 138
Scandinavia has always been a world apart. For millennia Norwegians, Danes, Finns, and Swedes lived a remote and rugged existence among the fjords and peaks of the land of the midnight sun. But when they finally left their homeland in search of opportunity, these wanderers — including the most famous, the Vikings — would reshape Europe and beyond.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Confused and not worth the time and money
- De Jacob The Dane en 08-16-21
De: Arthur Herman
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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 285
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 224
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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Pirate Women
- The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas
- De: Laura Sook Duncombe
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 131
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 121
In the first-ever history of the world's female buccaneers, Pirate Women: the Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas tells the story of women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside - and sometimes in command of - their male counterparts. These women came from all walks of life but had one thing in common: a desire for freedom.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Don’t waste your time or credit
- De CJ en 08-06-18
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Dreams of Africa in Alabama
- The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America
- De: Sylviane A. Diouf
- Narrado por: Allyson Johnson
- Duración: 12 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
In the summer of 1860, more than 50 years after the United States legally abolished the international slave trade, 110 men, women, and children from Benin and Nigeria were brought ashore in Alabama under cover of night. They were the last recorded group of Africans deported to the United States as slaves. This book reconstructs the lives of the people in West Africa, recounts their capture and passage in the slave pen in Ouidah, and describes their experience of slavery alongside American-born enslaved men and women.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should be required reading in all schools.
- De Anonymous User en 12-31-21
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Sugar in the Blood
- A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire
- De: Andrea Stuart
- Narrado por: Lisa Reneé Pitts
- Duración: 14 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 51
In the late 1630s, lured by the promise of the New World, Andrea Stuart's earliest known maternal ancestor, George Ashby, set sail from England to settle in Barbados. He fell into the life of a sugar plantation owner by mere chance, but by the time he harvested his first crop, a revolution was fully under way, binding together ambitious White entrepreneurs and enslaved Black workers in a strangling embrace....
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3 out of 5 stars
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A sweet, historical gem
- De Adrian en 06-29-13
De: Andrea Stuart
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In Small Things Forgotten
- An Archaeology of Early American Life
- De: James Deetz
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 16
History is recorded in many ways. According to author James Deetz, the past can be seen most fully by studying the small things so often forgotten. In his completely revised and expanded edition of In Small Things Forgotten, Deetz has added new sections that more fully acknowledge the presence of women and African Americans in Colonial America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classics in history methods
- De Thomas D. Mackie en 06-19-24
De: James Deetz
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Boone
- A Biography
- De: Robert Morgan
- Narrado por: James Jenner
- Duración: 20 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,349
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,135
Robert Morgan's Gap Creek was an Oprah's Book Club selection and a phenomenal New York Times best-seller. Here he turns his talent to chronicling the life of American frontier legend Daniel Boone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I am ruined for modern life
- De John en 11-21-16
De: Robert Morgan
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A Stranger Among Saints
- Stephen Hopkins, the Man Who Survived Jamestown and Saved Plymouth
- De: Jonathan Mack
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 9 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 42
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book makes history come alive
- De KQ en 02-23-21
De: Jonathan Mack
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The Mayflower
- The Families, the Voyage, and the Founding of America
- De: Rebecca Fraser
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 15 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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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King Philip's War
- The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict
- De: Eric B. Schultz, Michael J. Tougias, Nathaniel Philbrick - foreword
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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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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2 out of 5 stars
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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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The Puritans
- A Transatlantic History
- De: David D. Hall
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 21 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 28
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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In Small Things Forgotten
- An Archaeology of Early American Life
- De: James Deetz
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 16
History is recorded in many ways. According to author James Deetz, the past can be seen most fully by studying the small things so often forgotten. In his completely revised and expanded edition of In Small Things Forgotten, Deetz has added new sections that more fully acknowledge the presence of women and African Americans in Colonial America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classics in history methods
- De Thomas D. Mackie en 06-19-24
De: James Deetz
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Boone
- A Biography
- De: Robert Morgan
- Narrado por: James Jenner
- Duración: 20 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,349
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,139
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,135
Robert Morgan's Gap Creek was an Oprah's Book Club selection and a phenomenal New York Times best-seller. Here he turns his talent to chronicling the life of American frontier legend Daniel Boone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I am ruined for modern life
- De John en 11-21-16
De: Robert Morgan
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A Stranger Among Saints
- Stephen Hopkins, the Man Who Survived Jamestown and Saved Plymouth
- De: Jonathan Mack
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 9 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 42
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book makes history come alive
- De KQ en 02-23-21
De: Jonathan Mack
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The Mayflower
- The Families, the Voyage, and the Founding of America
- De: Rebecca Fraser
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 15 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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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King Philip's War
- The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict
- De: Eric B. Schultz, Michael J. Tougias, Nathaniel Philbrick - foreword
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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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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2 out of 5 stars
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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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The Puritans
- A Transatlantic History
- De: David D. Hall
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 21 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 28
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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The Secrets of the Notebook
- A Woman's Quest to Uncover Her Royal Family Secret
- De: Eve Haas
- Narrado por: Jane Carr
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,027
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,873
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,859
Eve Haas is the daughter of a German Jewish family that took refuge in London after Hitler came to power. Following a terrifying air raid in the blitz, her father revealed the family secret - that her great-great grandmother Emilie was married to a Prussian prince. He then showed her the treasured leather-bound notebook inscribed to Emilie by the prince.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Completely uneventful
- De Natalie en 01-03-17
De: Eve Haas
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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
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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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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
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 490
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 425
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 423
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent ..
- De aintbuyinit en 09-03-18
De: Alan Taylor
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The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
- De: Gordon S. Wood
- Narrado por: Peter Johnson
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 108
Central to America's idea of itself is the character of Benjamin Franklin. We all know him, or think we do: In recent works and in our inherited conventional wisdom, he remains fixed in place as a genial polymath and self-improver who was so very American that he is known by us all as the first American.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I have good news and bad news
- De Ernie en 07-22-04
De: Gordon S. Wood
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Defiance of the Patriots
- The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America
- De: Benjamin L. Carp
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 13
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On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of disguised Bostonians boarded three merchant ships and dumped more than 46 tons of tea into Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party, as it later came to be known, was an audacious and revolutionary act. In this thrilling book, Benjamin L. Carp tells the full story of the Tea Party - exploding myths, exploring the unique city life of Boston, and setting this extraordinary event in a global context. Carp illuminates how a determined group shook the foundations of a mighty empire, and what this has meant for Americans since.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Overview: Disobedience and Tea
- De Anonymous User en 04-19-23
De: Benjamin L. Carp
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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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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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Interesting story - poor narration
- De Don George en 08-19-07
De: Benjamin Woolley
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Patriotic Fire
- Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans
- De: Winston Groom
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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This audio program has all the ingredients of a high-flying adventure story. Unbeknownst to the combatants, the War of 1812 has ended. But Andrew Jackson, a brave, charismatic American general, sick with dysentery and commanding a beleaguered garrison, leads a desperate struggle to hold on to New Orleans and to thwart the army that defeated Napoleon.
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A Great Book About A Fascinating Battle
- De David I. Williams en 05-12-13
De: Winston Groom
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One Small Candle
- The Plymouth Puritans and the Beginning of English New England
- De: Francis J. Bremer
- Narrado por: Scott R. Pollak
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
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Francis J. Bremer focuses on the role of religion in the settlement of the Plymouth Colony and how those values influenced political, intellectual, and cultural aspects of New England life 150 years before the American Revolution. He traces the Puritans' persecution in early 17th-century England for challenging the established national church and the difficulties they faced as refugees in the Netherlands in the 1610s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One Small Candle The Plymouth Puritans and ...
- De et en 11-23-23
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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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The War That Made America
- A Short History of the French and Indian War
- De: Fred Anderson
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
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Apart from The Last of the Mohicans, most Americans know little of the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years' War, and yet it remains one of the most fascinating periods in our history. In January 2006, PBS will air The War That Made America, a four-part documentary about this epic conflict. Fred Anderson, the award-winning and critically acclaimed historian, has written the official tie-in to this exciting television event.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A thorough and absorbing history
- De Michael en 03-15-10
De: Fred Anderson
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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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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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General4 out of 5 stars 16
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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
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Mayflower Lives
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- Anonymous User
- 12-16-23
Fascinating
I loved learning about some of my ancestors and this pivotal time in our nations complex history. The writer did a great job making it captivating!
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- Lisa
- 12-17-24
Learned A lot
I knew the story but not the details of each person. Fascinating book. The narrator was absolutely perfect for this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-03-24
The Pilgrims In-Depth
As a descendant of Priscilla & I, I am naturally curious about the Pilgrims. It was interesting to hear a bit about the steamy side and a little disturbing to hear about the violent side. A good read.
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- D. Coello
- 11-25-20
Wonderful!
Such a novel approach to a fascinating subject. Deeply researched, wonderfully written, and remarkably narrated. All-round a completely engaging and enjoyable experience. My thanks to everyone who had a hand in bringing this telling of the 17th century to us!
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- Anonymous User
- 02-22-24
Surprisingly engaging
I expected to enjoy this book about the Mayflower Pilgrims, but I was surprised by how accessible it was. Never a dull moment in Plymouth Colony.
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