| Title | : | We Were There With the Mayflower Pilgrims |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Format Type | : | Kindle , Hardcover , Paperback , Audiobook & More |
| Number of Pages | : | 177 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1956 |
We Were There With the Mayflower Pilgrims Reviews
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It is 1620, and fourteen year old Dickon Whitcomb and his thirteen year old sister Patience have been living in Leyden, Holland, since moving there from England with their parents eight years previously. However, the Whitcombs return to England because Mr. and Mrs. Whitcomb are to sail with the Pilgrims on the Speedwell to the New World, while the children are to be left in England with their grandparents because of the danger. The brother and sister do not want to stay behind. Fortunately for them, there is a series of mishaps which cause the parents finally to decide to take Dickon and Patience with them on the Mayflower. Will they survive the journey? Will they make it in the New World?
We Were There With the Mayflower Pilgrims is Volume #7 of the “We Were There” Books, a series of excellent historical novels that were written for children. The original set consisted of 36 titles, first released between 1955 and 1963 by Grosset and Dunlap. This book is a fictional retelling of the coming of our Pilgrim forefathers. The Whitcomb family is fictitious, but all the other characters mentioned and most of the events described are historically accurate. The euphemistic word “drat” appears once. These books typify the wonderfully well-written, attention-catching kind of historical fiction with exciting stories which young people devoured and by which they absorbed history in my youth and previous generations. It is too bad that such things are not as readily available today. -
A beautiful glimpse into an imaginary family as they traveled on the Mayflower & celebrated the first Thanksgiving. Engaging. A great read-aloud.
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I read every single one of these as a child, time and time again; as an adult I have sought them out as treasured mementoes of my childhood. These books, the adventures and places they took me and the history I learned from them; they WERE my childhood!
They can be hard to find, but THANK GOD publishers are beginning to re-publish many editions from the series and believe you me I am buying them in book form AND on my Kindle.
If you have children or nieces and nephews, BY every book in this series and give the gift of adventure, education and appreciation of literature!
