{"product_id":"they-knew-they-were-pilgrims-plymouth-colony-and-the-contest-for-american-liberty-9780300225501","title":"They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty","description":"\u003cb\u003ePublished for the 400th anniversary of the \u003ci\u003eMayflower\u003c\/i\u003e's landing, this ambitious new history of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony \"will become the new standard work on the Plymouth Colony\" (Thomas Kidd)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Informative, accessible, and compelling. . . . A welcome invitation to rediscover the \u003ci\u003eMayflower\u003c\/i\u003e voyage and the founding of Plymouth Colony.\"--Daniel M. Gullotta, \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[An] excellent new history. . . . [Turner] asserts that the Pilgrims matter for more than their legend, and he deftly uses the history of Plymouth to explore ideas of liberty in the American colonies.\"--Nathanael Blake, \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1620, separatists from the Church of England set sail across the Atlantic aboard the \u003ci\u003eMayflower\u003c\/i\u003e. Understanding themselves as spiritual pilgrims, they left to preserve their liberty to worship God in accordance with their understanding of the Bible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There exists, however, an alternative, more dispiriting version of their story. In it, the Pilgrims are religious zealots who persecuted dissenters and decimated Native peoples through warfare and by stealing their land. The Pilgrims' definition of liberty was, in practice, very narrow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on original research using underutilized sources, John G. Turner moves beyond these familiar narratives in his sweeping and authoritative new history of Plymouth Colony. Instead of depicting the Pilgrims as otherworldly saints or extraordinary sinners, he tells how a variety of English settlers and Native peoples engaged in a contest for the meaning of American liberty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn G. Turner\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of religious studies at George Mason University and the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBrigham Young: Pioneer Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50434569863442,"sku":"9780300225501","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e5d83d57-7097-423f-b184-5796eea3b7bc.jpg?v=1729604388","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/they-knew-they-were-pilgrims-plymouth-colony-and-the-contest-for-american-liberty-9780300225501","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}