6/24/2023 0 Comments Mayflower philbrick review![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mann, which presents evidence that the Indigenous peoples of the Americas were more numerous and more culturally and technologically sophisticated than is taught in school. Or better yet, I should have started with 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. In hindsight, I probably should have chosen a book about Jamestown, but I forgot that was the first English colony until several pages into Mayflower. It’s a nonfiction novel that explores the national myth of the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock and the first Thanksgiving, the relationship between Native Americans and English colonists that degraded over time, and inevitably the deadly wars such as the Pequot War and King Philip’s War. So, I started my journey with Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick. History and read nonfiction books from an array of perspectives. Then I was struck with the desire to take a somewhat-chronological deep dive into U.S. Like many folks, or at least like the folks in my liberal echo chamber of the internet, I spent a fair amount of 2020 in lockdown unlearning everything I was taught in U.S. ![]()
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