The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete

In the summer of 1620, a ship called Mayflower left Plymouth, England carrying 102 souls seeking a new world. What followed was one of history's most legendary voyages: sixty-six days of brutal Atlantic crossing, a winter of devastating loss at Plymouth, and the founding of a colony that would become the United States. Azel Ames spent decades assembling every surviving document, ship log, and contemporary account related to this crossing, creating not a retelling but a documentary record of the Pilgrims' passage. This complete edition captures the full scope from the failed Speedwell voyage in July 1620 through that first agonizing New England winter to the spring of 1621. Ames wrote with urgency that borders on reverence, convinced that every scrap of evidence about these settlers matters not just to their descendants but to anyone interested in how freedom and faith drove civilization across an ocean. For readers who want the raw historical record rather than the mythologized version, this remains an essential compilation.