I have owned a copy of this 1945 history book for a number of years but had not read it until this Thanksgiving season. Born in Colorado, Willison (1896-1972) specialized in American history. He even wrote the CliffsNotes for The Federalist and also for Pilgrim’s Progress. Sometimes it is hard to read a lengthy history book (this being […]
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Book Author: Willison, George F.
Saints and Strangers
This 1945 history of the Pilgrims is more a collection of the individual biographies of those who settled the Plymouth Plantation and later the Boston Puritans. The “Saints” were those Pilgrims of like faith (to whom William Bradford gave this title) and the “Strangers” were those adventure seekers or ship mates who traveled with them […]