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Release Date: 1981-02-12 |
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In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bradford and his friends believed they had every right to belong to whichever church they wanted. In the name of religious freedom, they fled to Holland, then sailed to America to start a new life. But the winter was harsh, and before a year passed, half the settlers had died. Yet, through hard work and strong faith, a tough group of Pilgrims did survive. Their belief in freedom of religion became an American ideal that still lives on today.
James Daugherty draws on the Pilgrims' own journals to give a fresh and moving account of their life and traditions, their quest for religious freedom, and the founding of one of our nation's most beloved holidays—Thanksgiving.
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A Bit Disappointed.......2007-01-11
I bought multiple copies of this book to use with fifth grade students. It is short chapters--snippets of things that happened with the pilgrims. Very factual and somewhat dry. Towards the end of the book, it gets difficult to keep all of the Native American chiefs separated. I don't think I'll use it again. The kids did not enjoy it at all. If you're looking for a pilgrim book, The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple is much better.
Landmark Books are always a good choice for history..........2006-11-04
We used this book as part of our Beautiful Feet Early American History study. I have always appreciated Landmark Books for augmenting our history studies at home. The text is clear, readable and interesting. The facts are simply presented along with the story, making it easy to engage the kids in our topics. We use this along with a timeline to remember when things happened and who the important people were within that time period or event.
Same old same old.......2005-10-12
Yeah, another book of the same-old-same old. Americans, particularly white people, just love to find ways to romanticize what amounts to an imperialist project on the part of the Puritans. And I'd like to remind a previous reviewer that A: there was another war, the Pequot War, which saw the massacre of old folks and women and children at Mystic in 1637. B: the "God-fearing" Puritans, following the King Philip's War, proudly displayed Phillip's (Metacom) head on a stave at the entrance to Plymouth. Anne Hutchison, Thomas Morton, and Roger Williams could all attest to the complete intolerance of these sexually repressed people, who, as Bradford's history shows, were worried about fending off "buggery" because of their hang-ups.
Landing of the Pilgrims.......2001-12-15
A Response to The Landing of the Pilgrims
Landing of the Pilgrims, is a book about the first settlers in the New World and their journey across the ocean in hope of religious freedom. It also tells the story of their good times, troubles, and hardships. The author, James Daugherty, vividly tells their story by giving evidence of truth through real documents and their journals. In my opinion, there is no better way to learn about them.
This historical fiction book opens up in 1607 with the main character, William Bradford, as a boy, and goes through his life to the death. The reader learns of Bradford's fellow believers and their journey to Holland, life there, and their long pilgrimage across the great Atlantic, to America. The reader is also shown the hard work and effort put in by these people so that we can have what we do today.
I think this is a good, well-written book that conveys the elementary message of the reasons and purposes the Pilgrims had in coming to "New England". Daugherty makes the reader feel as if he were in Virginia over 350 years ago sharing the new knowledge and new experiences with Bradford and the early settlers. He does a great job constructing sentences and he really describes things very well. I think Daugherty did a good job with the details as well. He answered almost all the questions a reader could ask and he could answer about life of the early settlers. But I think he probably could have included more about what the pilgrims did for leisure and play. At one time he mentions that they worked six days a week and they worshipped most all of Sunday with just a little time for play. Perhaps they didn't do anything for fun during the week? If the latter is not the case than I wish he would have been more detailed in that area.
One thing that I learned about was the charter companies and their contracts with the new settlers. The company provided them with goods and transportation and in return the Pilgrims would send them furs, fish, and other new products of America. The company worked like the modern day stock market.
Overall it was a good book and very enjoyable. Considering it's length and content I would recommend the book to 5th graders. It could also be a good tool for learning how to write well-constructed sentences. I hope Daugherty has written other books like this one (only at a higher reading level). If so I will definitely read more of his work!
The best biography of the Pilgrims currently available!.......2000-04-08
This very factual recounting of the saga of the Pilgrims is taken largely from William Bradford's personal diary, 'Of Plimoth Plantation' and is a fast paced, and insightful look into the lives of the Pilgrims and the price they paid for religious freedom. It also accounts accurately the peaceable and friendly relations they maintained with the Indians of that region, and their mutual treaty which lasted for nearly 50 years, until the time of King Phillip's War. The amicable relations which the Pilgrims maintained with King Massasoit and Squanto reveal the noble intentions of both parties. This is an essential part of American history and should be read by all students studying this period. Adults will enjoy this one too!
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How did a sleepy New England fishing village become a gay mecca? In this dynamic history, Karen Christel Krahulik explains why Provincetown, Massachusetts--alternately known as "Land's End," "Cape-tip," "Cape-end," and, to some, "Queersville, U.S.A"--has meant many things to many people.
Provincetown tells the story of this beguiling coastal town, from its early history as a mid-nineteenth century colonial village to its current stature as a bustling gay tourist destination. It details the many cultures and groups--Yankee artists, Portuguese fishermen, tourists--that have comprised and influenced Provincetown, and explains how all of them, in conjunction with larger economic and political forces, come together to create a gay and lesbian mecca.
Through personal stories and historical accounts, Provincetown reveals the fascinating features that have made Provincetown such a textured and colorful destination: its fame as the landfall of the Mayflower Pilgrims, charm as an eccentric artists'colony, and allure as a Dionysian playground. It also hints at one of Provincetown's most dramatic economic changes: its turn from fishing village to resort town. From a history of fishing economies to a history of tourism, Provincetown, in the end,is as eclectic and vibrant as the city itself.
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INTERESTING HISTORY OF AN INTERESTING PLACE.......2005-09-08
There probably have been more books written about Provincetown than any other place on Cape Cod. The almost mystical need for authors to set down their impressions, feelings and notions about this small spit of land defies logic. From Eugene O'Neill to Tennessee Williams, from Norman Mailer to Michael Cunningham J. Mann, the spirit of Provincetown remains a ghost to be chased. Is the tip of Cape Cod a stern mistress, a hard master, a riddle wrapped in an enigma? Is it more of a place in the mind than a geographical position? It is, without question, a community of infinite interest to everyone. Authors, painters, sculptures, theatre-folk, tourists, bohemians, ne'er-do-wells and do-gooders have flocked here, apparently, for close to a thousand years. Thorwald Eriksson, Lief's brother, possibly dropped by around 1004 CE. And last Thursday, it was probably my Uncle, in a strapless indigo Givenchy, who stopped by for a spin on the dance floor.
Life certainly isn't a drag here.
Now comes a new history of the place, Provincetown: From Pilgrim Landing to Gay Resort, by Karen Christel Krahulik (New York University Press, $29.95). It's an infinitely readable history, mostly sociological and mostly interesting. Krakulik, a sometimes Provincetown citizen and historian, has a great many details at her fingertips, and zips along at good speed. And it is undeniably fascinating to realize that apparently all who came to live in Provincetown were eventually supplanted by the laborers and the consumers they were determined to attract. Thus were the Yankees supplanted by the Portuguese sailors and their families, to be supplanted by the artists and the lesbian/gay/transgendered, to be supplanted recently by the entitled super rich. To be sure, it is a story of gentrification that can be seen in a number of place, cities and towns, including New York's Upper West Side and Boston's South End went through similar periods of Yankee money supplanted by ethnic minorities supplanted by gays and lesbians supplanted by the super rich. Closer to Provincetown in feel, Key West, that southernmost spit of our country, almost mirrors the experience.
But, in many ways, Krahulik's book illustrates a microcosm of this displacement phenomenon, and it is fascinating. Implicitly an economic history, what has happened --- and is happening --- in Provincetown in many ways is what has happened --- and is happening --- in our country. It's no longer the do-gooders versus the ne'er-do-wells, but, frankly, the "haves" versus the "have nots." As rich and rewarding as the experience of Provincetown may be, very soon, as Krahulik points out, it may be well beyond the means of most people. Gay, straight, Portuguese, Yankee may all be squeezed out by the economic realities.
A lively survey of different cultural and social interactions makes for more than just a history.......2005-09-06
Provincetown, Massachusetts began as a typical New England fishing village, but evolved to become a gay Mecca: how did this happen? Provincetown: From Pilgrim Landing To Gay Resort follows the influences which led to this transition over the decades, using a blend of personal stories and historical accounts to reveal how the city's charm as an early artist's colony lead to a dramatic economic change to a resort town, then a gay boom town. A lively survey of different cultural and social interactions makes for more than just a history: any with an interest in Massachusetts regional events will find Provincetown compelling.
Interesting Look at One Town's Many Transitions.......2005-06-10
Karen Christel Krahulik knows Provincetown and leads the reader through the various stages of its development, from before the Pilgrim landing to a Yankee outpost to a Portugeuse fishing village to an artist's colony, and, finally but not inevitably, to a gay resort. The author brings a broader perspective to play in her discussions as she shows that the changes in Provincetown, in many ways, mirrored the changes in America at the same time. But she also shows the ways in which Provincetown was, and is, unique. At times the book can be a little dry and could have used a little more colour in its history (such as Provincetown's 19th spiritualist movement) and less focus on almost everyone who owned a guest house in the last couple of decades. A nice portrait of a great town.
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'The History of Massachusetts, From The Landing of the Pilgrims to the Present Time. Including a Narrative of...the Early Voyages to North America; The Explorations of the Early Settlers...The Rise of Colonial Power; The Birth of Independence; The Formation of the Commonwealth, and the Gradual Progress of the State...'' by George Lowell Austin. Boston: B.B. Russell, Estes & Lauriat: 1876.
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Do you spend much of your time struggling against the growing ranks of papers, books, clothes, housewares, mementos, and other possessions that seem to multiply when you're not looking? Do these inanimate objects, the hallmarks of busy modern life, conspire to fill up every inch of your space, no matter how hard you try to get rid of some of them and organize the rest? Do you feel frustrated, thwarted, and powerless in the face of this ever-renewing mountain of stuff? Help is on the way. Cindy Glovinsky, practicing psychotherapist and personal organizer, is uniquely qualified to explain this nagging, even debilitating problem -- and to provide solutions that really work. Writing in a supportive, nonjudmental tone, Glovinsky uses humorous examples, questionnaires, and exercises to shed light on the real reasons why we feel so overwhelmed by papers and possessions and offers individualized suggestions tailored to specific organizing problems. Whether you're drowning in clutter or just looking for a new way to deal with the perennial challenge of organizing and managing material things, this fresh and reassuring approach is sure to help. AUTHORBIO: CINDY GLOVINSKY, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., is a licensed psychotherapist and personal organizer. The program director of the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization, she has presented at the National Association of Professional Organizers conference. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Making Peace with the Things in Your Life.......2007-10-17
I did not read the book entirely. From my brief scanning the book seems to be very informative and instructional-- a good guide.
WAY BEST!.......2007-09-22
This is by far the most useful book on decluttering I've read. It gets right down into your heart and helps you sort out what you find there. It doesn't tell you what products to buy, but helps you understand what blips in your brain chemistry or psychology may be contributing to the clutter problem, and suggests specific strategies for dealing with the various reasons.
A different way to look at your stuff (clutter).......2007-02-05
As others have written,I too have read many, many, MANY clutter, organizing, packrat books. I still have so many, they have contributed to the clutter. This was one of the good ones. My problem is not organizing my stuff-- I want to get rid of it. Most books give you detailed file organizing and specific instructions. I wanted to know WHY I couldn't let go of so many things. This may not be everyone's problem, but it was mine. Once I understood why, it actually helped to get rid of them - not organize them.
Great Information.......2006-11-10
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Wow, there are other people out there like me!.......2006-11-07
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