A Voyage Long and Strange : Rediscovering the New World (Hardcover)

from jennyo

I loved Blue Latitudes and Confederates in the Attic. So much so that I made two different book clubs read them. I was a little disappointed in this book though. Not sure why. It has many of the same elements as the other two books...humor, history, travelogue...but it just didn't feel as cohesiv...

from melopher

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 ...

from melydia

When the author realized he didn't really know anything about European history in America between Columbus and Jamestown, he decided to go looking. I had a similar hole in my education, so it was fun to join him on the journey. From the Vikings through Columbus, the Conquistadors, the French, and...

from TimmyP

Very interesting account of the various European groups that came and went in the Americas. Horowitz goes from place telling stories of Vikings, Conquistadors, French and English in a dramatic, sometimes sad (he doesn't hide massacres against the Indians) and always interesting way.

from Mrs_McGreevy

Staggered by his lack of knowledge about the discovery of America, Horwitz travels around and interviews scholars, historians, and ordinary people about the Vikings, Columbus, the Conquistadors, the Native Americans, and the Pilgrims, trying to separate myth from history. Easy to read and informa...