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As a genealogist with direct ancestors who arrived in Maine in 1626 this book was fascinating. The actual voyage of the Mayflower was interesting, but the account of their arrival and the next 50 years had me reading into the wee hours of the morning. Philbrick describes the first years of misery and death, sickness, hunger and discovery; and of the support of the Pokenokets, the sachem Massasoit, and Squanto. The second half of the book focuses on King Philip's war of 1675 which just about decimated the Native American population of New England and in which several of my direct ancestors perished or were captured by the Indians. The machinations and horrific attitude on both sides created a war in which there were no winners.