The Mayflower and Her Passengers
by Caleb Johnson. 

This book is the culmination of eight years of research carried out by MayflowerHistory.com author Caleb Johnson.  The book begins with original, never before published  information about the Mayflower ship itself, and its history before and after she became the famous vessel that brought the Pilgrims to America.  The remainder of the book consists of short biographies of each passenger or family group that came on the Mayflower--the first attempt to create individual biographies for each of the passengers or family groups.  This is a great genealogical and biographical resource for anyone interested in the Pilgrims.  This book is not an attempt to retell the history of Plymouth and the Pilgrims, but rather to humanize the "mythical" Pilgrims by providing individual biographies--whether it is William Brewster's experiences in Queen Elizabeth's court, or Stephen Hopkins' experiences shipwrecked on the Bermudas, John Howland's experiences falling off the Mayflower, or Edward Doty's civil lawsuits, or Peter Brown's recently discovered English origins in Dorking, it's all here.  This book contains extensive endnotes referring the reader to the original primary source materials that were used.

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The cover artwork is by noted maritime artist Mike Haywood, who worked closely with me to design the perfect cover for my book.  It depicts the Mayflower at anchor off the tip of Cape Cod on November 11, 1620.  This painting is available as a limited edition (250) gicleé print on canvas from MayflowerHistory.com Prints.  If you buy the painting, you will receive a free softcover of my book!
 

William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation

This is the first major new edition of William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation to be published in more than fifty years!  Called by Nathaniel Philbrick "certainly the greatest book written in seventeenth-century America," this is the only thorough and complete history of Plymouth that was written by one of its actual founders: governor William Bradford himself.  This is required reading in many high school and college American Literature and U.S. History classes.  This new edition is heavily footnoted with the latest Plymouth Colony scholarship, and is heavily illustrated with relevant photos and images.  And, for the first time ever, Of Plymouth Plantation is here joined with a brand new edition of the other great Pilgrim primary-source record: A Relation or Journal of the Beginnings and Proceedings of the English Plantation Settled at Plymouth in New England (London, 1622).  More commonly called "Mourt's Relation," this is the Pilgrims' own first-hand journals of the day-to-day events surrounding the exploration and first settling of Plymouth Colony--from mundane weather observations to exciting exploration accounts, these journals are fun reading!  This "two books for the price of one" is topped off with a series of important Plymouth-related documents, and an enormous index covering thousands of different words and names.

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Note: I recommend the hardcover because of the size of the book (622 pages).

The cover artwork, "Prosperous Wind," is by noted maritime artist Mike Haywood.  It depicts the Mayflower at sea.  This painting is available as a limited edition (250) gicleé print on canvas from MayflowerHistory.com Prints.