![]() ![]() The plain truth is that the pilgrims of Plymouth Plantation have never lacked for histories, academic and otherwise. In order to explain this apparent discrepancy, he might be hanging a fair amount of weight on that word “academic,” but much as one might love and venerate the works of Perry Miller and Samuel Eliot Morison (two Plymouth-slighters, according to Turner), they hardly possess an adjective. ![]() George Mason University professor John Turner begins his new book, They Knew They Were Pilgrims by telling his readers that “despite the ongoing popular appeal of the Pilgrims, academic historians have largely ignored Plymouth Colony.” Almost 400 pages later, when he’s introducing his book’s Bibliography, he tells those same readers “There has been no end to the writing of books about the Pilgrims and the early years of Plymouth Colony.” They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |