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Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
3.0

I love knowing more about our history, and the motivations that led English separatists to make a pilgrimage to what would soon be called New England, and the personal details and how folks lived (and died). But I grew tired of the chronological retelling of battles and squirmishes led by this general and that Indian sachem. This book and its hyper-masculine approach to history was fascinating. Until it wasn't. Which was pretty early on, unfortunately. Regardless, if you live in or love this part of the world or this era, you should give it a try.