America's hidden history : untold tales of the first pilgrims, fighting women and forgotten founders who shaped a nation

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America's hidden history : untold tales of the first pilgrims, fighting women and forgotten founders who shaped a nation

Title remainder

untold tales of the first pilgrims, fighting women and forgotten founders who shaped a nation

Statement of responsibility

Kenneth C. Davis

Title variation

Americas hidden history

Title variation remainder

untold tales of the first pilgrims, fighting women, and forgotten founders who shaped a nation

Creator

• trueDavis, Kenneth C.
• Davis, Kenneth C

Subject

• trueEssays
• trueFounding Fathers of the United States
• trueHistory writing -- United States -- Colonial America
• truePilgrims (New England settlers)
• United States -- History
• trueUnited States -- History -- Miscellanea
• trueColonists

Genre

• trueHistory writing
• trueMiscellanea
• trueEssays

Language

eng

Summary

An iconoclastic look at America's past: overlooked episodes that shaped the nation's destiny and character. Spanning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington's inauguration in 1789, these narratives bring to light little-known but fascinating, myth-busting facts. Read the story of the first real Pilgrims in America, who were wine-making French Huguenots, not dour English Separatists; the coming-of-age story of Queen Isabella, who suggested that Columbus take pigs on his voyage, which may have spread disease to many Native Americans; the long, bloody relationship between the Pilgrims and Indians, running counter to the idyllic scene of the Thanksgiving feast; the little-known story of George Washington as a headstrong young soldier who committed a war crime, signed a confession, and started a war. Full of color, intrigue, and human interest, this book connects some of the dots between history and today's headlines.--From publisher description

Tone

• trueIrreverent

Writing style

• trueScholarly
• trueWitty
• trueAccessible
• trueEngaging

Cataloging source

DV1

Dewey number

973

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult