Book Review: America's Hidden History Untold Tales of The first Pilgrims. Fighting women and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped A Nation by Ken Davis

About the Author:

Kenneth Davis 

   Kenneth C. Davis is the preminent author of Don't Know Much About History, which was on the NY Times bestseller list for thirty-five consecutive weeks & sold nearly 1.5 million copies, and gave rise to his extraordinary " Don't Know Much About" series for adults              & children.  He has written for the NY TImes, Newsday, and several other publications.  He has also contributed to NPR's "All Things Considered' and is regularly in the media.  He has been a speaker at the Smithsonian & American Museum of Natural History and makes his homes in NY City & Dorset Vermont.

Ken Davis succesfully wrote a very engaging book that brings history to life .  This book is a very different kind of History book.  Here one can find some of the untold stories behind America's past; where events and personalities of the past shaped and influenced the present .  It is  filled with historical tidbits from cover to cover.  He was able to exercise my imagination to keep me reading and to apprise me of unusually interesting and unconventional history. This is a great new 'History' book for anyone hankering to really know the formative years of U.S. history... interesting text, excellent research, with a great mix of irony & wit thrown in for good measure.   I especially liked how it is neatly arranged chronolocially with the timeline at the beginging of each chapter, and sub headings dividing the historic events by topics, such as "Haverhill, Massachusetts - March 15, 1697" or " LAke Champlain - May 1775". This book would make a valuable car or RV bookshelf addition; and I predict it will become a valued guidebook for parents or grandparents wanting to instill a love of history and a respect for America's past in their children and grandchildren.

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 America's Hidden History Untold Tales of The first Pilgrims. Fighting women and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped A Nation. by Kenneth Davis

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Collins (April 29, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061118184
• ISBN-13: 978-0061118180
• List Price: $26.95