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A great & godly adventure : the Pilgrims & the myth of the first Thanksgiving
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A great & godly adventure : the Pilgrims & the myth of the first Thanksgiving

Author: Godfrey Hodgson
Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, ©2006.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Refutes the legendary history of Thanksgiving by presenting a more authentic history of the Plymouth settlement, and explains the reasons behind the distortion of facts that gave rise to the holiday's traditions.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Godfrey Hodgson
ISBN: 1586483730 9781586483739
OCLC Number: 70335467
Description: xxvi, 212 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: Thanksgiving -- The Reformation -- Scrooby -- The waters of exile -- Voyage and landfall -- A place of habitation -- First encounters -- The loss of trust -- The colony -- Fasts and thanksgiving -- A republic gives thanks -- The invention of a tradition.
Other Titles: Great and godly adventure
Responsibility: Godfrey Hodgson.
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Refutes the legendary history of Thanksgiving by presenting a more authentic history of the Plymouth settlement, and explains the reasons behind the distortion of facts that gave rise to the holiday's traditions.

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