Bradford's 'Of Plymouth Plantation: 1620-1647.' (book by William Bradford)

From: The Explicator | Date: March 22, 1998| Author: Partenheimer, David | Copyright information

Author William Bradford's 'Of Plymouth PLantation: 1620-1647' describes the trials experienced by the Pilgrims in England, Holland and North America as they struggled to fulfill what they believed to be God's divine plan. The most widely known section of the book is Chapter Nine, which recounts the voyage of the Pilgrims through the Atlantic to Cape Cod in North America. Bradford portrays the voyagers as God's chosen people who are protected in order to reach the promised land in an obvious a...

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