Las Animas - Bent County Library District

From the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth. Yet, as author Philbrick reveals, the true story of the Pilgrims is much more than the well-known tale of piety and sacrifice; it is a 55-year epic. The Mayflower's religious refugees arrived in Plymouth Harbor during a period of crisis for Native Americans, as disease spread...

Presents the background to the contract signed by the Pilgrims, which guaranteed equal rights to citizens under a democratic form of government.

The story of the pilgrims, why they came to America, how they came, and lived, met the indians, and had their first Thanksgiving.

Recounts the coming of the Pilgrims to America, with illustrations by N.C. Wyeth.

Text and photographs of Plimouth Plantation follow a Pilgrim girl through a typical day as she milks the goats, cooks and serves meals, learns her letters, and adjusts to her new stepfather.

In 1621 the Pilgrims share a Thanksgiving feast with their Native American friends and give thanks for all their blessings.

How the children, Giles and Damaris and the other Pilgrims celebrated Christmas Day off the Plymouth coast aboard the Mayflower.

Portrays daily life aboard the Mayflower and in Massachusetts as the Pilgrims worked, prayed, studied, and lived together in a place that offered religious freedom and land of their own.

A color-illustrated look at life aboard the "Mayflower," describing the ship, the Pilgrims' food, sea storms, and other aspects of the voyage to America.