Memory's Nation: The Place of Plymouth RockLong celebrated as a symbol of the country's origins, Plymouth Rock no longer receives much national attention. In fact, historians now generally agree that the Pilgrims' storied landing on the Rock never actually took place - the tradition having emerged |
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... a continent , must listen to the voice Of which David spoke with dying lips : " The Rock spoke to me . " You are here to hearken to the voice of the Rock . -George Frisbie Hoar CONTENTS Preface , xiii Introduction , 1 1 A Boat.
... a continent , must listen to the voice Of which David spoke with dying lips : " The Rock spoke to me . " You are here to hearken to the voice of the Rock . -George Frisbie Hoar CONTENTS Preface , xiii Introduction , 1 1 A Boat.
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... George Henry Boughton , ca. 1870 , 381 18 Photographic tableau featuring John Alden and Priscilla , 382 19 Henry Bacon , The Landing of the Pilgrims , 1877 ; sketch by William Halsall of The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor , 1882 , 387 20 ...
... George Henry Boughton , ca. 1870 , 381 18 Photographic tableau featuring John Alden and Priscilla , 382 19 Henry Bacon , The Landing of the Pilgrims , 1877 ; sketch by William Halsall of The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor , 1882 , 387 20 ...
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Contents
A Boat a Ship Some People | 6 |
The Liberty Boys Hoist One for the Forefathers | 23 |
The Federalists Take Their Stand on the Rock | 41 |
Webster and the Rock | 60 |
Wherein Tears Are Struck from the Rock | 86 |
Circumferential Matters Relating to the Rock | 101 |
The Great TrinitarianUnitarianCongregational Battle over the Ownership of the Pilgrims and Their Rock | 114 |
Concerning Certain Flaws in the Rock | 142 |
Feminizing the Rock | 361 |
Under the RockSomething for Bowdoin | 396 |
Cutting a Colossus from the Rock | 422 |
The Rocks Red Glare | 452 |
Brooklyn NightsSomething by Way of Lighter Fare | 486 |
The Stern and RockBound Lodge | 510 |
Wherein the Rock Gets Reconstructed | 534 |
The Pilgrim Fathers Where Are They? | 566 |
The Rock Rolled Back | 169 |
Tabling the Rock | 196 |
Written on the Rock | 226 |
Setting Free the Rock | 250 |
Rock Ballast for the Ship of State | 278 |
Wherein the Rock Becomes a Rolling Stone | 306 |
Carving a Face on the Rock | 330 |
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