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| A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World | 
 enlarge | Author: Tony Horwitz
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Category: Book
List Price: $27.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (38 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4190
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 0805076034
Dewey Decimal Number: 970.01
EAN: 9780805076035
ASIN: 0805076034
Publication Date: April 29, 2008
Release Date: April 29, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Absolutely fabulous ! June 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I hated to see this one end...just mesmerizingly interesting... I learned so much...a gem of a read ! Now what to read next that doesn't pale in comparison? Sigh...
Excellent book June 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
At first I had my doubts about purchasing this book, but I'm very glad I did. It is an excellent read from start to finish.
Lively Interpretation June 5, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Tony Horwitz has hoisted the sails full mast in this very readable and investigative work on rediscovering America's beginnings.
For generations many of us have been duped into believing that Columbus discovered America and the Pilgrims were the first to settle this land. So, what did actually happen before Plymouth in 1620?
The author painstakingly traveled thousands of miles in the footsteps of the Vikings (circa 1000AD), Columbus (1492), the early Spanish conquistadors Ponce de Leon, de Vaca, de Soto and Coronado (1513-1542), the unsuccessful attempt of Fort Caroline by the French during the 1560's which lead to the eventual founding of America's oldest settlement St. Augustine by the Spanish, the failed English colony at Roanoke during the 1580's and culminating with Jamestown (1607) and Plymouth (1620).
What makes this approach to history a fun read is Horowitz' interviews with the hundreds of local people from the Northeast, to the Southeast, to the Southwestern areas of the United States. People certainly have their own opinions about their immediate environs and it shines through.
As stated in the final pages...oftentimes myth trumps fact in history. Embellishment and fabrication make for an intriguing story to fit one's own views.
 History lost but not forgotten June 4, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Like the author said "None of us were taught this stuff".. refreshingly conversational and interesting history lesson about the 100 years that are a missing link in our American History lessons. If you like history, this is worth the read
Excellent Read!!!! June 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a student of American history and prehistory for many years, I had to read this book after reading the reviews! Am I glad that I did...... The Spanish presence is underreported in North America though that has been changing as sites are discovered and archaologically investigated. Few know that Jamestown Fort was built not in response to any Native American threat but rather because of a potential Spanish threat. This book is well researched and highly readable taking the reader on the stark trek of historic reality debunking the "nice" stories that we learned from school textbooks. I also purchased Mr. Horwitz's One for the Road and am reading that book as I write this review. I have had his Confederates in the Attic in my library for several years which I originally purchased since I have met the reenactor on the cover on several occasions. That is the next book on my reading list. Kudos to Tony Horwitz, his books are worth joining him on his trips of discovery.
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