Book Review: Mayflower

Philbrick is an engrossing history writer who understands that good history isn’t about the recitation of dates and names, but rather the story which falls in between. Mayflower had me hooked. Given the approach of Thanksgiving, this seasonally appropriate book brings you inside the cramped ship which brought our Pilgrim forebears to the shores of New England, then charts the course of the colony they created, terminating decades later with the great bloodletting that was King Philip’s War.

Aaron KillianNovember 18, 2014Mayflower, Nathaniel Philbrick, Plymouth Colony, William Bradfrod, Miles Standish, Massasoit, Squanto, Pokanoket, King Philip, King Philip's War, Pilgrims, PuritansComment

Talking Bunker Hill

If you're not familiar with author Nathaniel Philbrick, that'll soon change. Ron Howard is making Philbrick’s In the Heart of the Sea into a feature film, his book Mayflower is being adapted into a television series by FX, and Ben Affleck’s production company has optioned Bunker Hill, his most recent book. Not half bad.

Aaron KillianOctober 3, 2014Nathaniel Philbrick, Bunker Hill, American Revolution, Mount Vernon, George Washington, Mayflower, In the Heart of the Sea, BostonComment