A bit uninspired (not to mention long), I know, but it’s the best I can do.Ĭhapter 1 – Vinland: In which the Norse explore and establish settlements in Greenland and Newfoundland and the author explores the remains of an old Norse settlement in Newfoundland.Ĭhapter 2 – 1492: All about Columbus and his voyages.
So I’m resorting to the old “list the chapters” method. It’s not that I don’t love them like I do fiction (I do), but they often contain so much info that it becomes difficult to know where to start, and what all to include.
Sometimes I find it difficult to review non-fiction books. Horwitz is pretty unflinching in his descriptions of hardship and atrocities, but he also pokes fun of himself (and others) in his modern day visits to historical sites. The book is alternately entertaining and appalling. Along the way he details many of the catastrophes that these explorers brought upon themselves or incited (such as starvation, Indian attacks, starvation, extermination of Indian tribes through disease, starvation, slavery, starvation…). Horwitz starts with the Norse, moves on to the Spanish and French, and then ends with the English. A bit perturbed that the Pilgrims get all the glory, Horwitz decided to set the record straight and write a book about all those other guys (and the occasional woman) who settled in the Caribbean and North America before the Pilgrims landed (and not on the rock, by the way). This is the story of the Europeans who stumbled upon and through North America BEFORE the Pilgrims showed up. Wouldn’t that be fun? No? Okay, fine, I’ll keep buying most of my books, just like I did this one. And I could disclose that you sent it to me. Urn:oclc:312626245 Republisher_date 20151230072408 Republisher_operator Scandate 20151229015214 Scanner my special friends at the FTC: You know, you could send me a book. Internetarchivebookdrive External-identifier
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