Genre
Explanation and Analysis:
Of Plymouth Plantation is nonfiction—specifically within the journaling genre, wherein the author conveys autobiographical information and real-life accounts of historical events in the form of periodic diary entries. In addition to his own writing, Bradford includes relevant letters between the leaders of the Plymouth settlement and their benefactors in England (i.e. between Bradford himself, whom he refers to in the third person as "Governor Bradford," and Mr. Weston in England). These letters not only serve as important sources of information to supplement Bradford's own writing; they also, crucially, provide sources to verify Bradford's story—sources that are not solely from his perspective.