The Forgotten History of America [Cormac O'Brien]

[Early US History] [Even Earlier Thank You Think] [Tantalizing]

The Forgotten History of American

Cormac O'Brien

Crestline, NY. 2013. Later paperback edition. Some dings and gouges to the paperstock of the rear cover, but quite clean otherwise. An excellent copy.

From the publisher:

"This book depicts a continent emerging as both a bloody battleground between Native Americans and Europeans and a place where alien cultures began to mesh.  This is the history they left out of the textbooks--thanks to Cormac O'Brien, the forgotten history of America will be forgotten no more.

From the founding of the first permanent European settlement in North America (1565) to the bloody chaos of the British frontier in Pontiac's War (1763), this vividly written narrative spans the two centuries of American history before the Revolutionary War.  These lesser known conflicts of the past are brought brilliantly to life, showing us a world of heroism, brutality, and tenacity--and also showing us how deep the roots of our own time truly run."

As I get older, I think more about time. In this case, there's something so humbling about the idea of an American 200 years before the revolution. Imagine that...generations come and gone, never knowing that American would eventually cast off the shackles of Colonial rule and take the stage as the most important nation in the world. A fascinating book - highly recommended. Deeply evocative illustrations throughout, with a nice, higher quality than usual, presentation all the way through.