A Pilgrim Maid: A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620

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A Pilgrim Maid: A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620

by Marion Ames Taggart

EN·~6 hours·24 chapters

Chapters

24 total
1

A PILGRIM MAID

0:08
2

A PILGRIM MAID

0:31
3

PREFACE

1:53
4

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

0:27
5

A PILGRIM MAID - CHAPTER I - With England's Shores Left Far Astern

14:38
6

CHAPTER II - To Buffet Waves and Ride on Storms

20:28
7

CHAPTER III - Weary Waiting at the Gates

18:28
8

CHAPTER IV - The First Yuletide

20:16
9

CHAPTER V - The New Year in the New Land

20:26
10

CHAPTER VI - Stout Hearts and Sad Ones

18:17

Description

On the cramped deck of the Mayflower, a brown‑haired, blue‑eyed girl named Constance watches the world shift from England to the New World. The ship buzzes with restless families, half‑siblings, and boys carving arrows, while the vast Atlantic promises both danger and hope. Through her quiet, observant eyes listeners are drawn into the first breath of Plymouth’s founding, feeling the mixture of fear and anticipation that grips every passenger.

Constance’s household is a patchwork of loss and new bonds: a stepmother striving to keep the family together, a brother eager to prove himself, and half‑siblings whose personalities clash as sharply as the sea winds. As the colonists land and confront an unfamiliar shore, she balances youthful curiosity with the heavy responsibilities thrust upon her. The narrative blends historical detail with gentle imagination, letting listeners hear the clang of rigging, the whispered prayers, and the tentative steps of settlers planting roots in a wild land.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (398K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Roger Frank, Maria Grist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2012-04-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Marion Ames Taggart

Marion Ames Taggart

1866–1945

Raised largely at home because of poor health, she became a prolific American writer whose stories, poems, and Catholic writing were especially popular with young readers. Her work blends warm family storytelling with faith, history, and everyday moral questions.

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