With God in the Wilderness (William Bradford)

With God in the Wilderness

William Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation, Retold for Young People

“We could see nothing but a desolate wilderness, full of wild beasts and wild men. . . .
What, then, could now sustain us but the Spirit of God and His grace?”
William Bradford, 1620

After almost four hundred years, the exciting, inspiring, and remarkable history of Plymouth Plantation and the Pilgrims who established it is now available in an understandable, easy-to-read format. Presenting Bradford’s fascinating tale in modern English, With God in the Wilderness preserves this American classic for generations of young readers.

Since its original publication in the 1600s, William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation has remained a classic text of American history, surviving almost four centuries of a nation’s growth and change. Persecution, arrest, secret escapes, perilous journeys across the ocean to a new and uncharted land, Indian attacks, jealousies, murders, conspiracy and intrigue fill the pages of Bradford’s account of a small congregation of believers who desired nothing but a place to worship God according to the truths of Scripture.

An American Story of the Merciful Providence of God

From the voyage of the Mayflower to Squanto and the first Thanksgiving, read the true history of the founding of the nation and encounter the providence of God on every page. Through hardship and suffering, famine and want, freezing winters and scorching heat, William Bradford captures the dangerous yet thrilling times in which he lived, and records for all posterity the faithful fulfillment of God’s wondrous promise: “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Heb. 13:5).

Join the Pilgrims as they board the Mayflower and travel to Plymouth Plantation to erect their own city on a hill. Meet Squanto and his friends and join in the first Thanksgiving ever celebrated in Massachusetts, all while learning about the providence of God and the true history of the foundation of America.

With God in the Wilderness offers the modern reader a fresh edition of Bradford’s classic history in an abridged version.  It contains updated English and exciting illustrations. This volume is sure to capture the imaginations of young readers and offer them a window into the marvelous workings of God in the history of the Pilgrims and the founding of America.