Book excerpt: The story of Stephen Hopkins, an ordinary Englishman whose life included many extraordinary events such as being shipwrecked in the Bermuda Triangle, witnessing famine and abandonment in Jamestown and participating in the marriage of Pocahontas. Stephens also sailed on the Mayflower, helped found Plymouth Colony, signed the Mayflower Compact, hosted Squanto at his house and participated in the first famous Thanksgiving. Genealogical information about early generations of the Hopkins family included.