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Title: Let the Sea Make a Noise... : A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to MacArthur by Walter A. McDougall ISBN: 0-06-057820-3 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This book did not make a noise when published but should hav
Comment: e. The tumultuous daring and suffering of the explorers of the North Pacific has never been so vividly and breathtakingly brought to life on the page. That this book should be written by an academic with a Ph.D no less makes it all the more amazing. This is narrative history as Francis Parkman would be writing it if alive today. Fanciers of Patrick O'Brien and the Forester novels should look into this book. Truth here is stanger than fiction--and just as well written.
Rating: 5
Summary: An amazing addition to the storied history of the Pacific.
Comment: As a former student of Professor McDougall, I am fully aware of his many talents as a teacher and a writer. In Let the Sea Make a Noise, Professor McDougall shares all of his talents in a most enjoyable fashion.
The running conversation between several of the siginficant personalities who shaped the history of the Pacific explains why events unfolded as they did. Although lighthearted at times, these conversations clearly set forth the policies and morals possessed by the nations who constantly struggled in this vast expanse.
Similarly, Professor McDougall's descriptions of the significant events of this era are outstanding. It often feels like you are there.
Most noteworthy, Professor McDougall cuts to the heart of the issues, shares only the essential facts, and demonstrates their significance. Thus, the reader can appreciate the complex multitiude of attitudes, personalities, and morals that caused nations to act the way they did.
Always entertaining and certainly insightful, this book is a must read for any person interested in the history of this region.
Rating: 5
Summary: A world-class adventure yarn.
Comment:
With the subtitle "A history of the North Pacific from Magellan to MacArthur" and a thickness of 2.5 inches, this Pulitzer Prize-winning author's book might seem awfully heavy reading.
It's not.
Let the Sea Make a Noise has all the elements of a world-class adventure yarn, made more exciting because the tale is actually true. McDougall begins by exploring different ways of enticing casual readers to plunge into his story. Thanks to this device and his flowing style, you're well into the book before coming up for air. By then, however, you'll be enmeshed in the ebbs and flows among Spanish California, Imperial Russia, Japan, Alaska, the kingdom of Hawaii and the United States.
Any story, no matter how gifted the writer, lives or dies by the elements of the tale. McDougall has chosen well -- during the last four centuries the Pacific has been washed by successive waves of expansion, conquering, defeat, retreat, retrenchment and return.
McDougall carefully shows how two countries' interactions have affected other countries -- sometimes in surprising and unexpected ways. He intersperses his narrative with conversations among historical figures that a reader might initially find artificial but eventually will anticipate.
McDougall correctly realizes that tales of momentous times read best when they're seen through the eyes of the people experiencing them.
After all, people make history.
c1997, Camie Foster
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