A captivating revisionist history of the classic narrative of settlement reveals that much that we think we know about the Pilgrims is wrong but that the spirit of their first Thanksgiving survives Guardian In this enjoyable book Hodgson shows how Thanksgiving has evolved from a noisy public festival into a more private, domestic affair.
Prologue. Thanksgiving viiThe Reformation 1Scrooby 21The Waters of Exile 37Voyage and Landfall 59A Place of Habitation 77First Encounters 93The Loss of Trust 119The Colony 131Fasts and Thanksgiving 153A Republic Gives Thanks 167Epilogue. The Invention of a Tradition 183Notes 195Index 207