Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
200 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. |
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age Children |
Series |
The history smashers series
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Messner, Kate.
History smashers.
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Note |
"With special thanks to Linda Coombs, an educator and historian from the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe, who served as a consultant for this book" -- Title page. |
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Includes excerpt from Women's Right to Vote. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192) and index. |
Summary |
"Myths about the Mayflower and the Pilgrim's arrival in modern-day America debunked"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Challenging popular misconceptions about the actual events behind major historical periods, a fact-first chronicle of the Mayflower voyage and founding of the Plymouth Rock colony reveals how the Pilgrims nearly settled elsewhere, almost had a second ship and only met the Wampanoag months after arriving. - Publisher's description. |
Audience |
Ages 8-12 Random House Children's Books. |
Contents |
Who were the pilgrims, anyway? -- Voyage on the Mayflower (but not the Speedwell) -- Journey across the sea -- Welcome to Plymouth Rock! (or maybe not...) -- People of the first light -- Long winter at Plymouth -- The Pilgrims and the Wampanoag People -- The myth of the first Thanksgiving -- From the Mayflower to the Seaflower. |
Subject |
Mayflower (Ship) -- Juvenile literature.
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Mayflower (Ship) |
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Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691 -- Juvenile literature.
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Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Juvenile literature.
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Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) |
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Massachusetts. |
Chronological Term |
1620-1691 |
Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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Instructional and educational works.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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Added Author |
Meconis, Dylan, illustrator.
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Coombs, Linda, consultant.
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ISBN |
9780593120316 paperback |
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0593120310 paperback |
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9780593120323 library binding |
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0593120329 library binding |
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9781725498563 (FollettBound) |
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1725498561 (FollettBound) |
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9780593120330 electronic book |
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