The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299897915 (1299897916)
Publish date: January 1st 2012
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Pages no: 297
Edition language: English
I was really interested in reading this history of interactions between Native Americans and Europeans in colonial America, though the relatively small number of ratings gave me pause; American history is a popular topic among nonfiction readers. As it turns out I should have heeded those reservatio...
For hundreds of years before the thirteen colonies were established, Native Americans and Europeans interacted along the east coast of what is now the United States, and The First Frontier: the Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America tells that fascinating but for me ...
I found this book absolutely fascinating. However, prepare yourself for a very slow read. The author packed a ton of information into this book which I found I had to go back and recheck information to ensure I was learning it correctly. I found myself even learning things from the footnotes! Plus, ...