Review:Excellent book, bringing Jackson's character to l ife. It should be required reading in schools because it presents perspectives of the North and South during the war. Jackson was well respected and admired by both sides. Youngsters are being taught half truths about the Civil War that tore our country apart. Great read that keeps one rivited! Read more

Review:This historic story portrays the unfathomable horrors experienced by whites captured by the Indians. Only through cunning and good fortune did any captives survive. Rarely did women and children ever return to the white community. Many women and without question children adopted the Indian life without desire to return to their former lives, e.g.Cynthia Parker whose story I also highly recommend Read more

Review:V well written and documented.
Included are a great overview of this manifest destiny period.
A lot of info about a unique individual. In a great writing style. You won't be able to put it down. Top notch. Read more

Review:Bernstein creates a wonderful launching portal, into the life of Thomas Jefferson, in his short but excellent biography. This is a great starting point for scholars who want to learn more about one of the most influential Founding Fathers. With this biography as foundation, Jefferson's writing, ideas, thoughts and ambiguities can be more deeply explored. Bernstein does the wise biographer approach of allowing Jefferson to emerge from the mystical past without trying to mold him to fit some pr... Read more

Review:This exciting expedition to form the first Northwestern post to deal with furs here in the states and foreign lands thereafter was conducted on land and sea.
The gruelling land adventures led to starvation death and betrayal.
On sea,again led destruction of the sea adventure.
You can almost feel the depth of w hat these early explorers felt.
This is a good and historical read. Read more

Review:I was a bit disappointed in this book. Having read and relished The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, I was anxious to read the native narrative of another of the Founding Fathers. Unfortunately, where as Franklin's book combines delightful personal details along with perspectives on the man's government service, Jefferson's autobiography is quite dry and seems to be more an official catalog of committee deliberations than a story about his own life. The rear cover of the books states, in a... Read more

Review:I was incredibly disappointed in this book. From the time I was a teenager, I have been a John Adams fan. As such, my feelings towards Alexander Hamilton were pretty negative and my feelings towards Thomas Jefferson were somewhat ambivalent. I read Chernow's biography of Hamilton. I felt like he did a good job of addressing Hamilton, "warts and all" and I came away from that book liking Hamilton a lot more, but liking Jefferson a lot less. I was looking for a good book that could do the same thi... Read more

Review:Maclean is a gifted writer and storyteller, no doubt, and this story is (at times) engaging and deeply moving. Certainly lots of good takeaways in terms of leadership, teamwork, and operating in complex environments. However, I give it three stars because Maclean often drifts off subject and goes on these "waxing philosophical" tangents in the middle of the story, which I found distracting and unnecessary. Read more

Review:The most confusing book of the Earth Chronicles series. It talks about a lot of gods/godesses with their alternate names and the reader ends up with a lot of complicated thoughts. Plus some stuff is repeated from the rest of the series. Read more

Review:Once again, I have learned something that I had never known before reading this book: the explosion, tsunami and massive snowstorm that struck Halifax, Nova Scotia in December 1917. This is a well-written book that outlines the ship accident minute by minute, and then comprehensively details its awful aftermath. We get a story of great suffering and heroic action, particularly by the medical staffs that came to help from Boston, New York, and a host of Canadian cities. These dedicated people wor... Read more