In Plymouth Colony in the 1630s, John continually disappoints his father, Governor William Bradford, during a difficult time as the colony faces its first murder and subsequent trial.
year: 2003
call number/section: 1000
subjects: bradford, william, 1588-1657, fiction, fathers and sons, fiction, murder, puritans, historical fiction, father-son relationship, plymouth (mass.), history, 17th century, juvenile fiction, fiction, massachusetts, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, readers rule, elementary my dear watson