Description: On the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing and the establishment of Plymouth Plantation, Carla Gardina Pestana offers an intimate look at life in the settlement. Hardly the isolated outpost of myth, in Pestana's telling Plymouth is revealed as a vibrant place of meeting, with strong connections to the seventeenth-century colonial world.
Brief description: Carla Gardina Pestana is Professor of History and Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World at the University of California, Los Angeles. A Guggenheim Fellow, she is author of The English Conquest of Jamaica: Oliver Cromwell's Bid for Empire and The English Atlantic in an Age of Revolution, 1640-1661.
Review Quotes: Illuminating...Adds depth to many founding legends of American culture...Pestana brings the early decades of the colony to rich and nuanced life.-- "Publishers Weekly" (7/23/2020 12:00:00 AM)