In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent STEPHEN HOPKINS to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horseman's coat as a gift and sign of friendship. For most ordinary Englishmen, venturing off into the depths of unexplored America would have been a once in a lifetime adventure: but not for Stephen. By the time he turned forty, he had already survived a hurricane, been shipwrecked in the Bermuda Triangle, been written into a Shakespearean play, witnessed the famine and abandonment of Jamestown Colony, and participated in the marriage of Pocahontas. He was once even sentenced to death He got himself and his family onto the Pilgrims' Mayflower, and helped found Plymouth Colony. He signed the Mayflower Compact, lodged the famous Squanto in his house, participated in the legendary Thanksgiving, and helped guide and govern the early colonists. Yet Stephen was just an ordinary man, with a wife, three sons, seven daughters, a small house, some farmland for his corn, and cows named Motley, Sympkins, Curled, and Red. These are the extraordinary adventures of an ordinary man.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Xlibris Corporation LLC
ISBN-10
1425796389
ISBN-13
9781425796389
eBay Product ID (ePID)
65566728
Product Key Features
Author
Caleb Johnson
Publication Name
Here Shall I Die Ashore : Stephen Hopkins: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and Mayflower Pilgrim
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Type
Not Available
Number of Pages
270 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in.
Item Height
0.8in.
Item Width
6in.
Item Weight
19.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Trivia