The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World
School year: Year 6, Year 7, Year 8
No. of pages 368
Published: 2009
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In "The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World," Nathaniel Philbrick explores the journey of the Pilgrims who left England seeking religious freedom. The story follows their harrowing voyage aboard the Mayflower, their struggles for survival in the harsh New World, and their interactions with the Native American tribes they encountered. Philbrick delves into the complexities of the Pilgrims' relationships with these indigenous peoples, highlighting both cooperation and conflict. The book captures the Pilgrims' faith, resilience, and the profound impact they had on American history, weaving together themes of courage, sacrifice, and the search for a new beginning. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
This book is aimed at children at US 5th grade+.
This book has been graded for interest at 10 years.
There are 368 pages in this book. This book was published in 2009 by Penguin Putnam Inc .
Nathaniel Philbrick (www. nathanielphilbrick. com) is the author of the New York Times bestsellers In the Heart of the Sea (National Book Award); Mayflower (Pulitzer Prize finalist); Bunker Hill (New England Book Award); and most recently Valiant Ambition . His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair , Smithsonian magazine, the New York Times Book Review , the Wall Street Journal , the Los Angeles Times , and the Boston Globe . He has appeared on the Today Show , the Morning Show , Dateline , PBS's American Experience , C-SPAN, and NPR. He lives in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Wendell Minor (www. minorart. com)'s popular picture books include Daylight Starlight Wildlife , My Farm Friends , How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? , The Buffalo Are Back (by Jean Craighead George), and Look to the Stars (by Buzz Aldrin). His paintings are in the permanent collections of the Norman Rockwell Museum, the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the US Coast Guard, and NASA, and he had a major retrospective, Wendell Minor's America, at the Norman Rockwell Museum in 2014. He lives in Washington, Connecticut.