Here Shall I Die Ashore, Caleb Johnson
Here Shall I Die Ashore, Caleb Johnson
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Here Shall I Die Ashore
Stephen Hopkins: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and Mayflower Pilgrim

Author: Caleb Johnson

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 7 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/17/2020


Synopsis

In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent Stephen Hopkins to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horsemans 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.

About Caleb Johnson

Caleb Johnson is the author of The Mayflower and Her Passengers and Here Shall I Die Ashore.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carol on November 12, 2012

Here Shall I Die Ashore' by Caleb Johnson is an excellent book for Stephen Hopkins descendants and those who are interested on those who came over on the Mayflower. What was their background? Why did Stephen Hopkins join this group? This book clears up some genealogical clutter on the controversy abo......more

Goodreads review by Wayne on May 29, 2008

Hey! It's about my ancestor!......more

Goodreads review by Bruce on November 25, 2013

It's not every day that one gets to read a book about their 11th great grandfather. I found this book about Stephen Hopkins, Mayflower passenger, while researching family history. The book is a nice presentation of what has to be a lot of genealogy research by the author. The references cited in the......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on February 21, 2015

I prefer biographies and autobiographies about ordinary but fascinating individuals. You know, the people who were not born to greatness but lived a life worth writing about -- whether that was on a dairy farm or in the white house. Right now, that person is Stephen Hopkins. This ordinary man is also......more

Goodreads review by Keith on February 03, 2016

I am a descendant of Stephen Hopkins, like seemingly everyone else who read this book. I figured he had a decent amount of descendants but I didn't think it would be over ten thousand. This book was a fascinating read though. There were very few parts that I thought were boring or tedious and was pl......more