Jody Bachelder grew up on the Pemaquid Peninsula in Maine wHere Samoset and the Wawenock lived, and like many people of European descent, she knew little about the Indigenous people who called the area home for thousands of years.
This is her first book..
She lives in midcoast Maine with her husband.
With a background in library work, she began her research with the question What was Samoset doing in Plymouth? The journey to find the answer was both enlightening and surprising.
Jody Bachelder grew up on the Pemaquid Peninsula in Maine wHere Samoset and the Wawenock lived, and like many people of European descent, she knew little about the Indigenous people who called the area home for thousands of years