Michigan State University Press
A Seaman's Story of the
Mayflower,
Her Construction, Her Navigation, and Her Landfall
With an original 1931 press run of only seven hundred
and fifty, surviving copies of Land Ho! 1620
are now either in archives or exist as valued collector's
editions. Acclaimed by the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association
in 1957 as "the most authentic, interesting, and best
written book on the voyage of the Pilgrims and their lives,"
Nickerson's work is now available in this handsome paperback
edition, complete with all original illustrations and maps.
Nickerson scholar Delores Bird Carpenter updated all one hundred
and seventy-nine annotations, checking them against original
sources. In addition, she has prepared a new bibliography and an
extensive,
new introduction that places Land Ho! 1620
into its historical and historiographical context.
Divided into four parts, the first describes
"the Voyage"; the second, told with the skill of a
shipbuilder, describes "the Ship,"
which includes drawings of the deck plan, the passenger quarters,
and the elevation and the sail plan. Also included in this
section
are discussions of the ship's speed, instruments, and personnel.
The Third, "the backside of Cape Cod," addresses the
problem of
where the Mayflower first saw land, and its subsequent course.
Nickerson concludes with "the Landfall and the
Landing." Of
great significance is his map, The Back Side of Cape Cod Today -
1930 and Yesterday - 1620.
Delores Bird Carpenter is a Professor of
American Literature at Cape Cod Community College and is editor
of Early Encounters - Native Americans
and Europeans in New England: From the Papers
of W. Sears Nickerson.
250 pages, maps,
Illustrations, 6 x 9
ISBN 0-87013-465-5
paperback, $18.95
A Red Cedar Classic
With a new introduction by Robert Carraker
The present volume casts them into proper perspective and serves to increase our respect for the natural history accomplishments of this unprecedented expedition. This is an attractive, readable book that will enhance the value of any library of natural history or Americana.
Richard H. Manville
Journal of Mammalogy
340 pages, 6" x 9", ISBN 0-87013-389-6, 1995 paperback, $19.95
Jennifer S. H. Brown, W. J. Eccles, and Donald P. Heldman, Editors
Anyone with a real interest in the North American fur trade will find The Fur Trade Revisited to be a useful and enjoyable addition to his or her library.
The Museum of the Fur Trade Quarterly
Illustrations, photographs, maps, index, 1994, 536 pages, 7" x 10", ISBN 0-87013-348-9 hardbound, $39.95
Delores Bird Carpenter
Delores Bird Carpenter's sensitive commentary, topical organization of the body of Nickerson's works, and fair-minded editing have resulted in an important portrait of Cape Cod history, genealogy, and cultural life.
W. W. Unrau
Wichita State University
Choice
Notes, bibliography, index, photographs, illustrations, 1995, 258 pages, 6" x 9" ISBN 0-87013-411-6, paperback, $19.95
Harry Reed
. . this work . . . is chock full of new and original ideas. [The author] clearly traces the complex relationships between whites and blacks, against a backdrop of changing ideas about the nation, race, politics, and religion.
Rhett S. Jones
Brown University
Notes, bibliography, index, 1994 256 pages, 6" x 9" ISBN 0-87013-341-1, hardbound, 29.95
December 24, 1999