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One Small Candle: The Pilgrims' First Year in America

One Small Candle: The Pilgrims' First Year in America

Fleming, Thomas J.

Paperback

Colonial Period (1600-1775)General World HistoryRegional: New England

ISBN10: 0393334449
ISBN13: 9780393334449
Publisher: W W Norton & Co
Published: Mar 1 1976
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.51 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

But the story is by no means entirely grim and solemn. Young explorers get lost in the woods and climb trees to escape roaring lions. There is a comic duel for the hand of a headstrong fifteen-year-old. We are present at a bizarre visit to the great Indian chief, Massasoit.

With masterly skill, Mr. Fleming gives us life-size portraits of the Pilgrim leaders. The Pilgrims' unique achievements--the Mayflower Compact, their tolerance for other faiths, the strict separation of church and state--are discussed in the context of the first year's anxieties and crises. Special attention is given to the younger men who emerged in this first year as the real leaders of the colony--William Bradford and Miles Standish. And new insights are provided into the deep humanity and tolerance of the Pilgrims' spiritual shepherd, Elder William Brewster.

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