Marooned

For readers of Nathaniel Philbrick''s Mayflower, a groundbreaking history that makes the case for replacing Plymouth Rock with Jamestown as America''s founding myth.

We all know the great American origin story: It begins with an exodus. Fleeing religious persecution, the hardworking, pious Pilgrims thrived in the wilds of New England, where they built their fabled “shining city on a hill.” Legend...