William Bradford, Janet Benge
William Bradford, Janet Benge
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William Bradford
Plymouth's Rock

Author: Janet Benge

Narrator: Tim Gregory

Unabridged: 5 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2017


Synopsis

William shivered and his teeth chattered. Out on the water it was bone-chillingly cold. He could no longer feel his toes, and the spray splashing over the side of the shallop left a glaze of ice on his jacket. If the cold kept up much longer, William feared that the weather might accomplish what the Indians had tried to do—kill them all.

Growing up in a small town in England, William Bradford lived during a time of upheaval and opportunity. Together with a group of Separatists, William escaped England to establish a new life in Holland and finally set out on the Mayflower on a perilous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.

The New World beckoned as a land of freedom and possibility. Yet wild waters, icy winters, Indian attacks, starvation, and treason threatened the European settlers’ very existence. Through William’s vision and steadfast leadership, the people of Plymouth Colony would endure, their future descendants forming the cornerstone of a great nation (1590-1657).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel Ray on March 29, 2025

A story about the Mayflower voyage and the settlement of Plymouth. Bradford was elected the second governor of Plymouth and held the position for over 30 years.......more

Goodreads review by JD' on December 27, 2021

I love these mini biography books 📚 well written, good lessons to be learned in life and well spoken audio books. Bradford was a separatist who was disenchanted with England, arrived on the Mayflower, was governor, didn't celebrate Christmas and wrote a book on their adventures in America.......more

Goodreads review by Hank on March 09, 2019

I have very much enjoyed all of these brief biographies by the Benges. And of course Bradford's story is special. Rising from being an English orphan to the Governor of Plymouth he had to lead the Plymouth Colony through all sorts of crises. (NOTE: I'm stingy with stars. For me 2 stars means a good b......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on October 04, 2023

Interesting details about colonial life.......more

Goodreads review by Jeninne G on January 31, 2020

Read this with my son. It was a little above his (4th grade) level but he liked it. I liked it too and learned the origins of some things I knew, but not necessarily their origin(s).......more