Stories of the Pilgrims

by Margaret B. Pumphrey


Description: Beginning with Queen Anne's visit to Scrooby inn, tells in story form of the everyday life of the Pilgrims in England and Holland, of their voyage on the Mayflower and their adventures in the New World. The Brewster children and other Pilgrim boys and girls are the center of interest. A wonderful book to read aloud in the weeks before Thanksgiving.


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Ages:  6-10
Length:  240 pages
Format:  Paperback, Ebook
Illustrations:  Black and white
Year published:  2006
ISBN:  978-1-59915-123-6
Genres:  American History, Historical Fiction

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Table of Contents

1. At Scrooby Inn

2. A Royal Guest

3. Meeting in Secret

4. For Conscience' Sake

5. Pilgrims

6. Away to Holland

7. In Holland

8. The Home in Amsterdam

9. On the Canal

10. The Weekly Scrubbing Day

11.   A Little Milk Peddler

12. Winter in Holland

13. From Amsterdam to Leiden

14. In Leiden

15. A Perplexing Problem

16. The Sword of Miles Standish

17. Preparing for the Journey

18. Farewell to Holland

19. The "Speedwell"

20. The Voyage of the "Mayflower"

21. Water Babies

22. Land

23. The First Washing Day in New England

24. A Wild Land

25. A Narrow Escape

26. A Savage People

27. Plymouth Bay

28. The First Winter in Plymouth

29. Samoset

30. The Treaty of Peace

31. Squanto

32. Back to England?

33. The First Thanksgiving

34. Friends or Foes?

35. Tit for Tat

36. Massasoit and the Medicine Men

37. Troubles with the Indians

38. The Indians and the Jack-o'-Lanterns

39. Two Little Captives

40. The Christmas Candle

41. Two Brass Kettles

42. Colonial Schools

43. Holidays and Holy Days

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