Summary of Nathaniel Philbrick's Mayflower

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The Mayflower had set sail with three pregnant mothers: Elizabeth Hopkins, Susanna White, and Mary Allerton. They had endured long delays, seasickness, and cold weather, but they had helped the carpenter repair the ship’s fractured beam. #2 The English Puritans who founded the colony of Virginia Company in 1607 were a very different sort of group than the typical noblemen, craftsmen, and servants who had found