![]() ![]() ![]() Using a wealth of previously untapped or … More neglected evidencefrom archives in England, Ireland, and the United StatesBritish author Nick Bunker gives a vivid, strikingly original account of theMayflowerproject. Within a decade of landing, and despite crisis and catastrophe, the Pilgrims built a thriving settlement at New Plymouth, based on trade in beaver fur, corn, and cattle, and in doing so they laid the foundations for Massachusetts, New England, and a new nation. Far from the storybook figures of American mythology, the Pilgrims were complex men and women, andMaking Haste from Babylontells their story in unrivaled depth. Description: Backed by privateering aristocrats, London merchants, and xenophobic politicians, they were sectarian religious radicals who lived double and treble lives: entrepreneurs as well as evangelicals, rebels as well as Christian idealists. ![]()
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