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When his kind master dies, a ten‑year‑old orphan in seventeenth‑century England is drawn into the world of Separatists. He travels with them first to Holland, and then to the New Plymouth Colony in America. There, the pilgrims face harsh conditions as they strive for religious freedom and must learn to survive on a foreign land.
First publish date: 1963
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Louise A. Vernon
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