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One Small Candle - The Pilgrims' First Year in America (Paperback)
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One Small Candle - The Pilgrims' First Year in America (Paperback)
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Loot Price R555
Discovery Miles 5 550
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But the story is by no means entirely grim and solemn. Young
explorers get lost in the woods and climb trees to escape "roaring
lions." There is a comic duel for the hand of a headstrong
fifteen-year-old. We are present at a bizarre visit to the great
Indian chief, Massasoit. With masterly skill, Mr. Fleming gives us
life-size portraits of the Pilgrim leaders. The Pilgrims' unique
achievements--the Mayflower Compact, their tolerance for other
faiths, the strict separation of church and state--are discussed in
the context of the first year's anxieties and crises. Special
attention is given to the younger men who emerged in this first
year as the real leaders of the colony--William Bradford and Miles
Standish. And new insights are provided into the deep humanity and
tolerance of the Pilgrims' spiritual shepherd, Elder William
Brewster. On the first Thanksgiving, there is already in the
Pilgrim mind a dawning consciousness that they are the forerunners
of a great nation. It is implicit in William Bradford's words "As
one small candle may light a thousand, so the light kindled here
has shone unto many...."
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