Like other reviews, I too was surprised to learn about the religious intolerance held by the first English settlers in America. Yet there is so much more here. Not only will this book revise and challenge your views of American history-it also presents colorful characters and suspenseful action. ...
This book is a gem. Although written in a straightforward style appropriate for a factual history, it reads like a novel, because the events so carefully described are exciting and shocking. This history reveals the real beginning of American political ideals, not in Boston or Massachusetts in th...
Overall this was a very good book. Expansive, thorough, and at times utterly fascinating. I'm sure people around me are completely sick of me talking about the flu at this point but this is that kind of book that will do that to you. It falls short of getting five stars for a couple of reasons...
From Portsmouth, Virginia: 'Urgently need two colored physicians wire prospects obtaining same.' From Carey, Kentucky: 'Federal coal mines request immediate aid influenza'. Immediately rush answer.' From Spokane, Washington; 'urgent need of four nurses to take charge other nurses furnished by loc...