Why did the Pilgrims come to the New World : and other questions about the Plymouth Colony
(2011)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/974.402/WAXMAN,L
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2011]
©2011
©2011
DESCRIPTION
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781580136655 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper), 1580136656 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper), 9780761361237, 0761361235, 1580136656 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Seeking religious freedom -- Off to the new world -- Struggles at sea -- Search for a new home -- Settling Plymouth Colony -- Giving thanks
In December 1620, a group of English settlers stepped out of their boats and climbed up the shore to a point overlooking a small harbor. Known as the Pilgrims, they had traveled far on the Mayflower. Behind them was the vast Atlantic Ocean. Before them was the wilderness of North America. They called their new home the Plymouth Colony
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