Clica una miniatura per anar a Google Books.
S'està carregant… That Dark and Bloody River (Historical Fiction) (edició 1996)de Allan Eckert
Informació de l'obraThat Dark and Bloody River: Chronicles of the Ohio River Valley de Allan Eckert
Cap S'està carregant…
Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Should a book be called "fiction" when every fact stated in it is exhaustively documented? Anyone who cares to do so can find the records showing that the people in Eckert's book were exactly where he says they were, doing what he says they were doing, on the day he says they were doing it. Certainly, the book is written in a novel-like fashion, but by the time you're a few pages into it you realize that this is much more than a novel. Don't expect to skim through this book and finish it quickly, no matter how fast a reader you are, for it is densely packed with people, places, and events. Be warned, also, that there are few heroes here--people on both sides of the conflict committed atrocities that are sickening to read about. "Dark and bloody" is a mild description, and a true one. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
An award-winning author chronicles the settling of the Ohio River Valley, home to the defiant Shawnee Indians, who vow to defend their land against the seemingly unstoppable. They came on foot and by horseback, in wagons and on rafts, singly and by the score, restless, adventurous, enterprising, relentless, seeking a foothold on the future. European immigrants and American colonists, settlers and speculators, soldiers and missionaries, fugitives from justice and from despair--pioneers all, in the great and inexorable westward expansion defined at its heart by the majestic flow of the Ohio River. This is their story, a chronicle of monumental dimension, of resounding drama and impact set during a pivotal era in our history: the birth and growth of a nation. Drawing on a wealth of research, both scholarly and anecdotal--including letters, diaries, and journals of the era--Allan W. Eckert has delivered a landmark of historical authenticity, unprecedented in scope and detail. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
Debats actualsCapCobertes populars
Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)977History and Geography North America Midwestern U.S.LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
Ets tu?Fes-te Autor del LibraryThing. |
This work deals with a lot of characters that he researched while creating his more straight forward volumes. There's more autobiography in this book, and many lovable characters, familiar from their novelizing in the pages of Zane grey's Ohio novels. I'm glad Louis Wetzel was a real person, though a great deal more dodgy than Zane Grey's iconic figure. ( )