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Title: Facing East from Indian Country : A Native History of Early America by Daniel K. Richter ISBN: 0-674-01117-1 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: 30 April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Great Thesis, Muddled Execution
Comment: I was very excited to read Facing East From Indian Country, having read literally dozens of history titles on the conquest of the New World from the European perspective for school and work. However, I was slightly disappointed with Mr. Richter's writing style, and felt that as an author he did not "digest" his great thesis quite enough. There were too many times that I found myself really trying hard to "get into" particular chapters, and I thought that I was really working too hard to get through this title.
That is not to say that this book is poor by any means. It is a far more academic title than I expected. For help with research it is excellent and offers up a great variety of very rare Native American source documents. But for simple reading pleasure it is a bit too scholarly.
The reader's enjoyment of Facing East From Indian Country will depend on whether the customer is purchasing this book for academic work/research or just for casual reading. For the student/historian, it is a fresh take on the history of North America. For the history buff, it is probably a bit too complex. I am both a history buff and a professional historian, and couldn't help be a bit disappointed, especially after looking forward to reading Mr. Richter's book for some time.
Hopefully he will publish more work in the future with the same type of freshness and perspective, and make it more digestable.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Pleasure To Read
Comment: Since the Native Americans themselves have not left behind a body of written documentation describing their thoughts on the earliest episodes of European immigration, it is up to the author to speculate intelligently... based on the archeological evidence, the known actions of the peoples involved, and his own imagination. Vast in scope, but generously informative of individual events and particular people, the author has succeeded in creating a scholarly work that transcends the usual. Keen insights, and a clear, graceful writing style makes this kind of historical reading extremely satisfying.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Reader
Comment: Wow!! What a book. Focusing on the Eastern Colonization of America, Daniel Richter provides an extremely powerful and even handed view on Native American - European interaction between the years 1620 and 1812. I loved this book. You will to.
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Title: American Colonies (The Penguin History of the United States) by Alan Taylor, Eric Foner ISBN: 0142002100 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670-1717 by Alan Gallay ISBN: 0300101937 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Middle Ground : Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815 by Richard White ISBN: 0521424607 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 27 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Into the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania Frontier by James H. Merrell ISBN: 0393319768 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands by James F. Brooks ISBN: 0807853828 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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