William Bradford: Plymouth’s Devoted Pilgrim

Close to hunger. Scurvy, tuberculosis, and pneumonia. Bitter chilly. Each day deaths. This was the Pilgrims’ first winter in Plymouth Colony. However thanks largely to William Bradford, the colonists survived–and went on to rejoice the next yr what we name Thanksgiving. William Bradford got here to the New World with the opposite Pilgrims searching for non secular freedom. With nice religion in God and in his personal talents, he established a steady colony, doing his greatest to be simply and honest to his fellow colonists in addition to to the Native Individuals residing within the space. After he grew to become governor of the colony, he was reelected greater than thirty instances. Stuffed with maps, work, and historic illustrations, this fascinating biography by Gary Schmidt introduces readers to the dramatic story of the founding father of Plymouth Colony.