![]() This delicate and unstable relationship continued until King Philip's war, a terribly bloody conflict which decimated the English population and all but obliterated the Wampanoag. Following the Pilgrims from their perilous journey from England on a battered, leaky ship, through their first bitter North American winter to their equally bitter battle against the native Wampanoag tribe fifty years later, Nathaniel Philbrick paints a compelling picture of a grim determination to survive in an unforgiving and dangerously alien environment." "Among the litany of hardships, however, are stories of friendship and co-operation among the settlers and indigenous peoples, whose timely assistance on more than one occasion rescued the Pilgrims from otherwise certain death. ![]() "Behind the quaint and pious version of the Mayflower story usually taught in schools, lies a largely untold tale of violence, subterfuge and epic drama. ![]() ![]() Mayflower : a voyage to war / Nathaniel Philbrick Book Bib ID ![]()
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