Second, comprehensive. In covering not just the voyage for the first few years, working philips war, all of which have recently been done, but in covering the entire story, allowing us, the readers, to enjoy the true benefits of history, which is the scope, to follow consequences of actions through generations. Narratives, because what nat does best is to tell a story. An adventure story, but in many ways, and unexpected adventure story. Look at the cover. I of course love it because it is our painting, the mayflower on her arrival in plymouth harbor. Thathat i really love is even though the book is entitled the mayflower, this cover doesnt put the mayflower front and center, it doesnt show a by waves. D that would be the expected adventure story. Instead, it focuses on this little group of pilgrims leaving the ship that has brought them through peril, headed off toward the shore on the verge of starting new lives. And it is there in the territory of these wideopen possibilities that t
, but first, really exciting news. This morning, the grammy nominations came out and all your favorites were nominated. Carly b. , kendrick whether mar, taylor swift, khalid and one more nominee who may surprise you, Bernie Sanders. laughter yeah. Who, no joke, was nominated for his spoken word album. Yeah. Which is exciting. Thats exciting. applause so Bernie Sanders is in the running for a grammy, and you know right now someone in the d. N. C. Is going, all right, guy, how do we rig this for hillary . laughter its a great piece of spoken word. When you listen to it, your headphones spit on you, thats the only thing. laughter im happy bernie got nominated for spoken word but they snubbed his other album of pop hits. Thats what i call canning rishouting. Oh, look what you made me do look what you just made me do im in love with the shape of you last night you were in my room and now my bed shakes like you. Be humble. Sit down. Be humble. Sit down. cheers and applause trevor oh, wow i a
And that alerts all of the defenders in the alamo that the attack is coming. William travis rallies the troops. The mexicans are at 1,800 strong against 200 alamo defenders made up of europeans, jews, two slaves, women and children, and mexicans who just want to fight for their land. Theres no way that they can win this. [dramatic music] colonel william travis, he runs to the front wall, and is immediately shot and killed in the very first stages of the attack on the alamo. And his slave joe is like, well, everybody here is fighting for a bit of land. Im not gonna get any land, clearly, so im gonna, hmm, not fight. And he took off. And myth has it that jim bowie fought to the death. He must have taken out 30 mexicans with his big knife. The reality is, he had come down with a case of tuberculosis, and jim bowie was shot on his deathbed. Mexican soldiers breached the wall of the alamo, and the alamo defenders realize they have to retreat to the long barracks. So the mexicans enter the b
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