Squanto

A Native Odyssey

Narrated by David Colacci
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Pub Date Sep 17 2024 | Archive Date Oct 01 2024

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Taken to Europe as a slave, he found his way home and changed the course of American history

American schoolchildren have long learned about Squanto, the welcoming Native who made the First Thanksgiving possible, but his story goes deeper than the holiday legend. Born in the Wampanoag-speaking town of Patuxet in the late 1500s, Squanto was kidnapped in 1614 by an English captain, who took him to Spain. From there, Englishmen brought him to London and Newfoundland before sending him home in 1619, when Squanto discovered that most of Patuxet had died in an epidemic. A year later, the Mayflower colonists arrived at his home and renamed it Plymouth.

Prize-winning historian Andrew Lipman explores the mysteries that still surround Squanto: How did he escape bondage and return home? Why did he help the English after an Englishman enslaved him? Why did he threaten Plymouth's fragile peace with its neighbors? Was it true that he converted to Christianity on his deathbed? Drawing from a wide range of evidence and newly uncovered sources, Lipman reconstructs Squanto's upbringing, his transatlantic odyssey, his career as an interpreter, his surprising downfall, and his enigmatic death. The result is a fresh look at an epic life that ended right when many Americans think their story begins.
Taken to Europe as a slave, he found his way home and changed the course of American history

American schoolchildren have long learned about Squanto, the welcoming Native who made the First...

Advance Praise

“A fine rendering of a world often lost in interpretation.” —Siddharth Handa, Open Letters Review

“Lipman masterfully reconstructs ‘Squanto’s world,’ revealing dynamic and complex Indigenous contours to the broader Atlantic. Through creative and careful readings of the sources, Lipman fills in the many gaps of Tisquantum’s life, revealing the tensions between the legend and reality of this pivotal historical figure.” —Joshua L. Reid, author of The Sea Is My Country

“A fine rendering of a world often lost in interpretation.” —Siddharth Handa, Open Letters Review

“Lipman masterfully reconstructs ‘Squanto’s world,’ revealing dynamic and complex Indigenous contours...


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EDITION Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN 9798855583021
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
DURATION 8 Hours, 58 Minutes

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