History Smashers: The Mayflower by Kate Messner (English) Paperback Book

Description: History Smashers: The Mayflower by Kate Messner "Myths about the Mayflower and the Pilgrims arrival in modern-day America debunked"-- FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Myths! Lies! Secrets! Smash the stories behind famous moments in history and expose the hidden truth. Perfect for fans of I Survived and Nathan Hales Hazardous Tales.Myths! Lies! Secrets! Smash the stories behind famous moments in history and expose the hidden truth. Perfect for fans of I Survived and Nathan Hales Hazardous Tales.In 1620, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock and made friends with Wampanoag people who gave them corn. RIGHT?WRONG! It was months before the Pilgrims met any Wampanoag people, and nobody gave anybody corn that day.Did you know that the pilgrims didnt go straight from England to Plymouth? No, they made a stop along the way--and almost stayed forever! Did you know there was a second ship, called the Speedwell, that was too leaky to make the trip? No joke. And just wait until you learn the truth about Plymouth Rock.Through illustrations, graphic panels, photographs, sidebars, and more, acclaimed author Kate Messner smashes history by exploring the little-known details behind the legends of the Mayflower and the first Thanksgiving."Kate Messner serves up fun, fast history for kids who want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Absolutely smashing!" --Candace Fleming, award-winning authorDont miss History Smashers- Womens Right to Vote! Author Biography KATE MESSNER is passionately curious and writes books that encourage kids to wonder, too. Her titles include award-winning picture books, like Over and Under the Snow; novels, like Breakout and Chirp; the Fergus and Zeke easy reader series, and the popular Ranger in Time chapter books, and works of nonfiction with a focus on nature and history. Before becoming a full time writer, Kate was a TV journalist and National Board certified middle school English teacher. She lives on Lake Champlain with her family and is trying to summit all 46 Adirondack High Peaks in between book deadlines. Visit katemessner.com and Facebook- Kate Messner for more information and follow her on Twitter @katemessner. Review Praise for the History Smashers series:"Critical, respectful, engaging: exemplary history for children." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review"The books format may be a good match for those with shorter attention spans, and permits it to be gratifyingly capacious in what it covers." —The New York Times Book Review "Well-researched, entertaining, and packed with facts." —Booklist"Messner and Meconis provide a timely perspective on an important part of American history." —School Library Journal"A history book for middle-graders that should be on everyones (child and adult) to-read list." —Shelf Awareness"Kate Messner serves up fun, fast history for kids who want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Absolutely smashing!" —Candace Fleming, award-winning author"Informative and fun, eye-opening and entertaining. I wish I could have read History Smashers when I was in elementary school. I would have devoured them and developed a big appetite for even more of this sort of truth-telling." —Chris Barton, award-winning author Promotional Myths! Lies! Secrets! Smash the stories behind famous moments in history and expose the hidden truth. Perfect for fans of I Survived and Nathan Hales Hazardous Tales. Review Quote "Kate Messner serves up fun, fast history for kids who want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Absolutely smashing!" --Candace Fleming, award-wining author "The Mayflower is informative and fun, eye-opening and entertaining. I wish I could have read History Smashers when I was in elementary school. I would have devoured them and developed a big appetite for even more of this sort of truth-telling." --Chris Barton, award-winning author Promotional "Headline" Myths! Lies! Secrets! Smash the stories behind famous moments in history and expose the hidden truth. Perfect for fans of I Survived and Nathan Hales Hazardous Tales. Excerpt from Book one Who Were the Pilgrims, Anyway? If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? The answer to the riddle, of course, is Pilgrims. The joke works because almost everyone knows a little about the Pilgrims. Weve heard how they left England and came to America in search of religious freedom. But thats not even close to the whole story. For starters, the Pilgrims didnt go to America when they left England. Not at first, anyway. The real-deal story of the Mayflower begins way back in the 1530s, when King Henry VIII made some big changes to religion in England. King Henry wanted a son who could grow up to be the king of England, too. He and his first wife only had a daughter, though. Henry decided the solution was to get divorced and marry someone else, with whom he might have a son. But the Roman Catholic Church was the official church in England then, and it did not allow divorce. King Henry went all the way to the pope, the leader of the whole Catholic Church, to argue that he should be able to leave his wife and marry a new one. When the pope said no, Henry decided to break away from the Catholic Church and start his own. From then on, the Church of England would be the official church of the land. King Henry wasnt the only one who had issues with the Roman Catholic Church at that time. Many complained that Catholic leaders had too much power and wealth. But not everyone liked King Henrys new church, either. Some thought it was too similar to the Catholic Church. One group, called the Puritans, wanted the new church to be "purified" of all the old practices. Other people didnt think that was enough. They were called Separatists because they wanted to separate from the Church of England completely and have their own religion. The Separatists thought that true Christian believers should come together in their own small churches. They wanted those churches to be independent so members could study the Bible and make decisions on their own. William Brewster, who was the postmaster of a village called Scrooby, decided to start a church in his own house. It was a risky idea. Back then, people who didnt follow the Church of England could be thrown in jail. In his book Of Plymouth Plantation, Pilgrim William Bradford wrote that Brewsters Separatists were "hunted and persecuted on every side." Government officials were watching the Separatists houses day and night. Some of them did get thrown in jail. You can probably understand why leaving England was starting to seem like a good idea. So thats when the Separatists set sail for America, right? Wrong. They went to Holland. Holland, which today we call the Netherlands, was known for religious freedom. Brewster learned that a small group of Separatists had recently escaped to the city of Amsterdam, where they could practice their religion in peace. That seemed like a good idea, so Brewster made plans to take his group there, too. His followers were nervous, though. They didnt speak Dutch. They werent sure how theyd earn money to support their families. Bradford later wrote that to many of the Separatists, taking off for Holland seemed like "an adventure almost desperate" and "a misery worse than death." But after much discussion, they decided to go anyway. 1607: Brewster arranged for a ship to sneak his congregation away to Amsterdam. It was expensive, and they had to wait a long time, but he didnt see any other option. Finally the day arrived. It was time for the Separatists to leave England once and for all! But then everything fell apart. The ships captain had ratted them out! The ships crew ransacked all the passengers belongings, looking for money. They turned the Separatists over to the authorities. Instead of escaping to Holland, they ended up spending a month in an English prison. But Brewster didnt give up. About a year later, he took his group north in England and found another ship. Officials discovered their plan and tried to catch them again. But this time the Separatists saw the authorities coming. Most of the men had boarded the ship, and in a panic they brought up the anchor, hoisted the sails, and took off. The women and children, who hadnt boarded yet, were still waiting on the dock with most of their belongings. English authorities caught the women and children. But then they werent quite sure what to do with them, since their husbands and fathers were gone. Eventually, the women and children were released and met up with the others in Holland. This group of Sepa-ratists lived in Amsterdam for about a year before deciding the busy port city wasnt the right place for them to settle. It was time to move on. So thats when they left for Plymouth Rock, right? Nope. Instead, they moved to another city in Holland, called Leiden. Leiden was a beautiful city with a university. It was also known for cloth making, and some of the newly arrived Separatists got jobs in that industry. They worked long hours at looms to weave linen and wool cloth. They would bring their products to the town chapel, where members of the local weavers guild would examine them. If the cloth was judged to be of high-enough quality, then it could be sold. Leiden was also home to a towering twelfth-century castle whose grounds had been turned into a public park. When Bradford and the other Separatists werent working, they spent time there with their families. Sounds pretty nice, doesnt it? But the Separatists werent very happy in Leiden, either. The language sounded strange to them, and they werent used to the Dutch customs. Like Amsterdam, Leiden was a busy, bustling city. Too busy and bustling for many of the Separatists. They did their best to make a life there, but it never felt like home. Back in England, many of them had been farmers. They missed the countryside, and their farming skills didnt transfer well to such a big city. Some had trouble earning money. They were also worried that war might break out between Holland and Spain. And as the years passed, they grew more and more concerned that their English children were becoming Dutch. Some of the older kids had even run off to be soldiers or sailors. The Separatists had wanted to break away from the Church of England, but theyd never meant to give up being English. There had to be a place where they could raise their families with the old English ways while practicing their religion in peace. So after about twelve years in Holland, they decided that the time had come to move again, to a place they could truly call home. Were talking about Plymouth now, right? Actually, no. Not yet. When the Separatists decided to leave Holland, they werent sure at first where theyd go. For a while, they were thinking about Guiana, on the northeast coast of South America. The Dutch had set up a colony there. It was lush and green, with warm weather that made it easy to grow food. That sounds way better than the freezing-cold winters of New England, doesnt it? But the Separat- ists worried that the warm weather "would not agree so well with our English bodies." They feared that diseases would spread easily in the hot climate. Another option was to cross the ocean but go farther north. There, theyd be living close to other English people. They worried about that, too. What if they were persecuted? What if it felt like England all over again? Theyd have gone so far, all for nothing. What should they do? It wasnt an easy decision. But in the end, William Brewster and his congregation made plans to say goodbye to Holland and set sail across the Atlantic. How do we know what we know about the Pilgrims? How can historians piece together the story of something that happened four hundred years ago? William Bradford, who became the governor of Plymouth Colony, included some details about life in Leiden in his writings. And when the Pilgrims took off from Leiden in 1620, they left behind other clues, too. Some of the buildings that were part of the Pilgrims lives in Leiden are still there, including the old castle Burcht van Leiden and the chapel that also served as the guildhall, where the weavers had their cloth inspected. A fourteenth-century house that William Brewster supposedly visited while he was in Leiden is a museum now. The Leiden American Pilgrim Museum displays artifacts from the years the Pilgrims spent in Leiden. Those everyday objects tell stories about daily life. Fragments of pipes and pottery dishes help historians piece together bits of the Separatists days in Leiden. Theres a lice comb from the 1500s--evidence that traveling packed together on ships and living in close quarters probably left the Pilgrims with itchy scalps. There are also toy soldiers and jacks. These suggest that play was an important part of the childrens lives and that Pilgrim parents might not have been as stern and strict as we sometimes think. As for the Pilgrims lives in America, along with artifacts, we also have a couple of detailed primary sources to tell that story. A primary source is a firsthand account of something that happened, written by someone who was directly involved in it. Historians generally consider primary sources to be the most valuable references for understanding history. Still, its important to remember that historical writers had their own motivations and biases, just as people do today. And like mod-ern pe Details ISBN0593120310 Author Kate Messner Pages 224 Publisher Random House USA Inc Year 2020 ISBN-10 0593120310 ISBN-13 9780593120316 Format Paperback Publication Date 2020-07-07 Subtitle The Mayflower Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 974.402 Language English Illustrator Dylan Meconis Audience Age 8-12 Series History Smashers UK Release Date 2020-07-07 Imprint Random House USA Childrens Books AU Release Date 2020-07-07 NZ Release Date 2020-07-07 US Release Date 2020-07-07 Narrator Jonathan Glover Translator Rosario Camacho-Koppel Birth 1939 Death 1988 Affiliation Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Bipolar Clinic and Reseach Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry Audience Children / Juvenile We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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