Summary: From their self-imposed exile in Holland to their perilous crossing of the Atlantic, to their first year in the new world, Desperate Crossing is the definitive story of how the Pilgrims came to live and prosper in an unfamiliar land.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2007

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DES

Yomtov, Nelson

Summary: "Plymouth Rock has long stood as a symbol of the Pilgrims' journey to and settlement in America. But how much of the story surrounding it is true? What did the Pilgrims' arrival mean to the Wampanoag people who were already living there? What were the long-lasting effects of the interactions between the two groups? How did a seaside rock come to be associated with the Pilgrims' landing, and was...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.4 YOM

Lasky, Kathryn.

Summary: Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the Mayflower in 1620 and their first year in the New World.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1996

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC LAS

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LAS

Grace, Catherine O'Neill

Summary: A recreation of the first Thanksgiving reveals the actual events during the three days that the Wampanoag people and the colonists came together.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2001

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist Grace

Lindsay, David

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.482 LIN

Deetz, James.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.H. Freeman 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.4 DEE

Bangs, Jeremy Dupertuis

Summary: Transcriptions of more than four hundred Native American land conveyances from Plymouth Colony court records are now accessible to researchers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New England Historic Genealogical Society 2002

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.373 Bangs

Summary: This series covers America's history from the age of Pre-Columbian Native Americans, through European discovery, colonization, independence, the forging of a young nation, and the settling of the American frontier. Students will look at the history of the United States from a new perspective, as they explore the events that have shaped modern American society. Professor Linwood Thompson is the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1996

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 EAR
3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 973 EAR PART 1
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Stanford, Peter

Summary: Pilgrimage, a global ritual embraced by all faiths, is one of the most enduring traits in our human story. In this compelling history Peter Stanford reflects on the reasons people have walked along the same sacred paths across the ages. How do the experiences of the first pilgrims to Jerusalem, Mecca and Santiago de Compostela compare to the millions of people who embark upon life-changing...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 203.51 STA

Rinaldi, Ann.

Summary: A fourteen-year-old indentured servant keeps a journal of his experiences on the Mayflower and during the building of Plymouth in 1620-1621.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1900

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC RIN

Whitehurst, Susan.

Summary: Examines the relationship between the Pilgrims who came to American on the "Mayflower" in 1620 and the Wampanoag Indians who lived in the area, looking at how the Native Americans helped the Englishmen survive in the wilderness.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2002

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 974.4 WHI

Sewall, Marcia.

Summary: Chronicles, in text and illustrations, the day-to-day life of the early Pilgrims in the Plimouth Colony.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1986

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J America Sewall

Romero, Libby

Summary: "Step on board the Mayflower and meet the amazing crew and passengers, from burly sailors to pilgrims, servants, orphaned children, and animals. Discover who the pilgrims were and why they chose to risk their lives to make the treacherous journey across the Atlantic, relive the ferocious storms as the Mayflower crested gigantic waves, find out what life was really like on board for the 102...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.2 ROM

Pestana, Carla Gardina

Summary: "On the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing and the establishment of Plymouth Plantation, Carla Gardina Pestana offers an intimate look at life in the settlement. Hardly the isolated outpost of myth, in Pestana's telling Plymouth is revealed as a vibrant place of meeting, with strong connections to the seventeenth-century colonial world"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.4 PES

Nesbit, TaraShea

Summary: "Ten years after the Mayflower pilgrims arrived on rocky, unfamiliar soil, Plymouth is not the land its residents had imagined. Seemingly established on a dream of religious freedom, in reality the town is led by fervent puritans who prohibit the residents from living, trading, and worshipping as they choose. By the time an unfamiliar ship, bearing new colonists, appears on the horizon one...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC NES

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NES

Anderson, Robert Charles

Summary: Contains detailed information, including occupation, genealogy, public service, estate and unusual or interesting facts, about each family or individual who emigrated to Plymouth Colony between 1620 and 1633.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Great Migration Study Project, New England Historic Genealogical Society 2004

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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3744 AND

Greendeer, Danielle

Summary: Wampanoag children listen as their grandmother tells them the story about how Weeâchumun (the wise Corn) asked local Native Americans to show the Pilgrims how to grow food to yield a good harvest--Keepunumuk--in 1621.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing 2022

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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE GRE

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Hering, Marianne.

Summary: When time-traveling cousins Patrick and Beth use the Imagination Station to go to Plymouth Colony in 1621 hoping to find Hugh and return him to his own time, they meet William Bradford, Myles Standish, and Squanto.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2011

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Her

Hayward, Linda.

Summary: Describes how the first Thanksgiving celebration came to be.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1990

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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E HAY

Lynch, Patrick James

Summary: An illustrated account of the life of John Howland, the young servant who was indentured to Pilgrim John Carver, describes how he embarked on the Mayflower and survived a fall off the ship before helping his ill shipmates by scouting out a safe harbor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HOW

Anderson, Joan.

Summary: Recreates the first harvest feast celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621 using the Pilgrim and Indian actors and the seventeenth-century setting of Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 1984

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 974.4 AND

Messner, Kate

Summary: "Myths about the Mayflower and the Pilgrim's arrival in modern-day America debunked"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.4 MES

Newell, Chris

Summary: "Do you know the true story of the Thanksgiving feast at Plimoth? What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different? Scholastic's If You Lived... series answers all of kids' most important questions about events in American history. With a question and answer format, kid-friendly artwork, and engaging information,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.4 NEW