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A Voyage Long and Strange

On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America

By Tony Horwitz

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On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz made an unsettling discovery:
despite all his education, from grade school through college (as a history ...

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A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz - Review by Waterstone's Books Quarterly Online

Columbus’ voyage of 1492, and some are familiar with the Vinland Sagas that detail the Norse discovery of America 500 years before. The period between the rediscovery of 1492 and the arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620, however, remains comparativ ... (read full critics)

wbqonline published on Wed, 29 Sep 2010

America: the missing years

A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz 464pp, John Murray, £25 Throughout this enlightening and entertaining new book, I was reminded of the American humorist Ambrose Bierce's definition of history: "an account mostly ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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interesting history lesson

This is a very interesting book. This author did loads of research and fact-finding, so props for that.
The way it's written, he goes through (chronologically) what foreigners landed where and when, and tries to travel along their routes, interviewing people in the region along the way.
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This is a very interesting book. This author did loads of research and fact-finding, so props for that.
The way it's written, he goes through (chronologically) what foreigners landed where and when, and tries to travel along their routes, interviewing people in the region along the way.
The history is interesting- can be a little tedious to read through, can also be very gruesome to think about. Some of his facts I disagree with regarding Native Americans, but the man did his research and he's only human.
The most interesting parts of the book were his interactions with the "locals" along his travels. Very interesting stories and points of views.
It is worth the read if you're interested in learning more about our countries history, and the travels of a Jewish author through America's past traveling in modern times.

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