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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz
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A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World

by Tony Horwitz

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Horwitz journeys through America to the places where the earliest European adventurers appeared. Sometimes condescending, the author succeeds in his plot to learn more about the time between Columbus and Jamestown, and passes his thoughts on to readers who he hopes are interested enough in history to care. Well-developed and written with plenty of sarcastic humor, be prepared for his sometimes smart-aleck attitudes about life then and now. ( )
  mcfitz | Jul 23, 2009 |
I enjoy American History, and I enjoyed A Voyage Long and Strange as well. I liked how he combined history with his experiences following the research trail. I did feel like it stalled out a bit somewhere in the middle, but then picked up again before too long. Tony Horwitz doesn't get real deep into the history and culture of the Native Americans, focusing instead on the idea that we--like the original explorers--are fond of perpetuating myth. ( )
  melopher | Jul 11, 2009 |
Horwitz tracks down and follows the actual steps of the many early explorer's who came to the U.S. before the Pilgrims, the Vikings, the Spaniards, and the Jamestown settlements. ( )
  mojomomma | Feb 6, 2009 |
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Epigraph
"Mistakes . . . are the portals of discovery." James Joyce, Ulysses

"Pray look better, sir," quoth Sancho, "those things yonder are no giants, but windmills." Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote
Dedication
To Erica and Josh, bread in the backseat sandwich of our childhood travels.
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The pilgrims didn't think much of Cape Cod.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
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Canonical titleA Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
Original publication date2008
People/CharactersChristopher Columbus, Hernando De Soto, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Erik the Red, Captain John Smith, Cabeza de Vaca (show all 9)
Important placesPlymouth, Massachusetts, USA, Newfoundland, Canada, Jamestown, Virginia, USA, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, St. Augustine, Florida, USA
Awards and honorsNew York Times Notable Book of the Year (Nonfiction, 2008), ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound (2009.2|History & Cultures, 2009)
Epigraph"Mistakes . . . are the portals of discovery." James Joyce, Ulysses "Pray look better, sir," quoth Sancho, "those things yonder are no giants, but windmills." Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote
DedicationTo Erica and Josh, bread in the backseat sandwich of our childhood travels.
First wordsThe pilgrims didn't think much of Cape Cod.
Last words(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
BlurbersBryson, Bill, Philbrick, Nathaniel
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0805076034, Hardcover)

The bestselling author of Blue Latitudes takes us on a thrilling and eye-opening voyage to pre-Mayflower America

On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he’s mislaid more than a century of American history, from Columbus’s sail in 1492 to Jamestown’s founding in 16-oh-something. Did nothing happen in between? Determined to find out, he embarks on a journey of rediscovery, following in the footsteps of the many Europeans who preceded the Pilgrims to America.

An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, A Voyage Long and Strange captures the wonder and drama of first contact. Vikings, conquistadors, French voyageurs—these and many others roamed an unknown continent in quest of grapes, gold, converts, even a cure for syphilis. Though most failed, their remarkable exploits left an enduring mark on the land and people encountered by late-arriving English settlers.

Tracing this legacy with his own epic trek—from Florida’s Fountain of Youth to Plymouth’s sacred Rock, from desert pueblos to subarctic sweat lodges—Tony Horwitz explores the revealing gap between what we enshrine and what we forget. Displaying his trademark talent for humor, narrative, and historical insight, A Voyage Long and Strange allows us to rediscover the New World for ourselves.

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