Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims' First Year in America

by Glenn Alan Cheney

Overview

"Thanksgiving" is not about a holiday. It's about 102 people who came to the New World, suffered terribly, struggled courageously, and established the foundation of America. The prologue explores the reasons they left Europe. The book then puts the reader on the gun deck of the Mayflower where the passengers endured a horrific 66-day voyage across the Atlantic. The book puts the reader in the Pilgrims' cold, wet boots as they tromp around Cape Cod in search of a place to live as winter sets in.

Though "Thanksgiving" holds strictly to fact, the graphic, dramatic presentation shares the Pilgrim experience. It treats the Pilgrims not as super-heroes or cartoon characters but as just plain people who were willing to face death for the values they believed in.

You can read excerpts at NLLibrarium dot com.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012664174
Publisher:	New London Librarium
Publication date:	03/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	305
File size:	665 KB

About the Author

Glenn Alan Cheney is the author of over 20 books on such topics as Chernobyl, Brazil's Estrada Real, nuclear proliferation, teens recovering from addiction, and Mohandas Gandhi. He has also written a number of novels, short stories, and essays. He lives in Hanover, Conn.

Editorial Reviews

As advertised, the book Thanksgiving is not a book about a holiday. It's about something that a few dozen survivors did after a year of suffering, death, struggle, and courage....Perhaps after reading this book your Thanksgiving celebration will not be about the bountiful laden table but about the individuals who made it possible.

The Hoosier Mayflower - Lynn Orvis

Glenn Cheney draws from the few available resources to give us Thanksgiving with intelligence, a sense of place, and a story woven by connecting the details we've heard but not put together previously. This is a must read for everyone.

Judith Swan
Governor General, GSMD

General Society of Mayflower Descendants - Judith Swan

"This book is very easy reading, full of interesting Pilgrim facts, and is a very interesting account of their daily trials. Glenn Cheney has poured hours of research into a highly detailed accounting of the entire adventure. Cheney has not left anything out. He has described one detailed scene after another in a way that the reader is drawn from one page to the next. This is not boring reading by any means�. If you want the entire Pilgrim story, this is the book for you. "

Descendants of the Mayflower in Michigan - Mayflower Newsletter

Reading Glenn Alan Cheney's book THANKSGIVING gives one a whole new perspective about the lives of our ancestors before and after they arrived in the New World.

This is the type of book that every person, no matter their age, will enjoy reading. The author uses descriptive prose to bring the Pilgrims' experiences alive. This is an exciting book that is difficult to put aside.

Frances Roecker, Membership Chair, General Society of Mayflower Descendants

Vermont Society of mayflower Descendants newsleteter - Frances Roecker

"Glenn Cheney vividly depicts the courage and faith of the Pilgrim settlers and the generosity and friendship offered by the Native Americans who welcomed them and helped them survive. The American culture of independence, hard work, and cooperation grew from the seeds planted at Plymouth. Every American should appreciate what happened there."

Personal comment - US. Representative Joe Courtney