tiegz reviewed Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
Review of 'Mayflower' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Great historical account of all things Pilgrim/Plymouth Colony, myth and fact, going far beyond what we learn in grade school. My biggest takeaways were the two events that hurt English/Native American relationships: the Pequot War (1636-1638) and King Philip's War (1675-1678). It's a tragedy that the working relationship between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag had soured during Plymouth Colony's 2nd generation. Both sides committed savage acts during King Philip's War, but it's difficult to place one's self in their place and context: the Natives feeling encroached by English land purchases and religious conversion, and also hit by the loss of population in the early 1600s; and the English feeling cornered in a new world, threatened by the French/Indian alliances, and committed to their often-counterproductive faith.
