America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation

Name: America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation
Rating: 4.39393949508667 (33 reviews)

Kenneth C. Davis

Oct 2009 · Harper Collins

4.4

33 reviews

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Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Don't Know Much About History, presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that shaped the nation's destiny and character. Davis's dramatic narratives set the record straight, busting myths and bringing to light little-known but fascinating facts from a time when the nation's fate hung in the balance.

Spanning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington's inauguration in 1789, America's Hidden History details these episodes, among others:

The story of the first real Pilgrims in America, who were wine-making French Huguenots, not dour English Separatists
The coming-of-age story of Queen Isabella, who suggested that Columbus pack the moving mess hall of pigs that may have spread disease to many Native Americans
The long, bloody relationship between the Pilgrims and Indians that runs counter to the idyllic scene of the Thanksgiving feast
The little-known story of George Washington as a headstrong young soldier who committed a war crime, signed a confession, and started a war!

Full of color, intrigue, and human interest, America's Hidden History is an iconoclastic look at America's past, connecting some of the dots between history and today's headlines, proving why Davis is truly America's Teacher.

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4.4

33 reviews

FOrte

July 31, 2016

A marvelous and condensed history of the inception of the colonies by the puritanical immigrants. The struggle over the new lands by the British, French, and Native American confederates. The book also gives us a glimpse into the conflict of religion between the Protestant English and the Catholic French and Spanish early on in the exploration and conquest of America and how it influenced the politics and wars that shaped the colonies into a united America. Similar in vein to Howard Zimms' A Peoples History of the United States' The book gives a much more revealing and unbiased perspective into the real and hidden history of America

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Kevin Hall

October 9, 2016

Davis's writing is always fun, light and full of humor and obscure facts that brings his subject to life.

Scott Christensen

August 13, 2013

I really enjoyed this book. Great stories one and all. This book let's the reader hear history with an uncommon twist. It is really amazing we are what we are today. Because not everyone wanted the same thing and it was a huge challenge to stay alive and get all parties to agree with they wanted for a nation and a government? Things were so different then!

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About the author

Kenneth C. Davis is the New York Times bestselling author of A Nation Rising; America's Hidden History; and Don't Know Much About® History, which spent thirty-five consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold more than 1.7 million copies, and gave rise to his phenomenal Don't Know Much About® series for adults and children. A resident of New York City and Dorset, Vermont, Davis frequently appears on national television and radio and has been a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered. He blogs regularly at www.dontknowmuch.com.

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