Brothers Francis and Johnny Billington take issue with history's account of their troublemaking ways aboard the "Mayflower" and in the New World, as they tell their side of the story to Standish Brewster, professor of Pilgrimology at Plimouth University.
A visual history that tells the story of the first pilgrims in America, discussing their voyage on the Mayflower, the settlement at Plymouth Harbor, their experiences in the new land, and the original Thanksgiving feast.
Examines the history and lore of Thanksgiving from A for "across the Atlantic Ocean" to Z for the "zeppelin-like" balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Questions and answers present information about who the Pilgrims were, how and why they came to America on the Mayflower, and what happened in the colony of New Plymouth.
Actual Pilgrim diaries are used to tell the dramatic story of the Mayflower journey, joys and sorrows in the new land and eventual Thanksgiving celebration.
Describes everyday life in a replica of the 17th-century community and presents interviews with men and women who speak Elizabethan English and live as the original settlers did.