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Wilderness at Dawn: The Settling of the North American Continent
by Ted Morgan (Author) Format: Paperback
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (57)
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This is the biggest, grandest, most sprawling epic ever told, filled with battles and hardship, courage, determination, daring voyages into the unknown, and eye-opening discoveries.
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of FDR, Winston Churchill, and Somerset Maugham, Wilderness At Dawn is the sprawling, roughhouse epic of the unsung heroes, heroines, and rogues who tamed the rugged continent that became our country.
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544 pages
Publication date : April 26, 1994
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Victor
5 out of 5 stars
Excellent Book
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2026
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Well written. Also reading the sequel, Shovelful of Stars.
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David J. Maschek
5 out of 5 stars
One of the best recent North American colonial histories.
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2003
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Ted Morgan's "Wilderness at Dawn" is one of the best of a crop of North American colonial histories published since 1990. Rather than a comprehensive history, it is a series of incidents that add up to a very readable whole. Morgan begins with pre-Columbian history and goes on to relate the experiences of the Spanish, French, Dutch, and various flavors of English colonies. One of my favorite stories is how the godly Pilgrims found themselves neighbors to a riotous colony led by one Thomas Morton. Before Miles Standish put their rivals out of business, Morton's drunken crew traded guns and booze to the Indians in exchange for beaver pelts and sexual favors. Anyone who believes history is boring has not read Ted Morgan's and other recent works about the American colonies. The last section of this book addresses the problems of post-Revolutionary War colonization, including chapters about the appalling dangers of trans-Appalachian settlement and about how the Old Northwest was surveyed.
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5 out of 5 stars
Well researched and accurate
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2021
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Well told story; just hard to keep up with all the personalities
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Bobbie G
5 out of 5 stars
Two generations enjoyed it.
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2023
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My husband read this book and really enjoyed it. My nephew is interested in learning how America was settled and he was very excited to get this book.
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Ryan
5 out of 5 stars
Good read
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2016
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Great read. Many interesting stories woven together. Particularly enjoyed the mentions of GW
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4drphil
5 out of 5 stars
This thoughtful, well documented and (3rd person) personal accounting ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2017
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This thoughtful, well documented and (3rd person) personal accounting of the initial settling of North America is a forgotten part of our cultural foundation which seems to have been ignored by most high school and college history books.
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Max Humann
5 out of 5 stars
Very pleased with everything.
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2021
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Thank you so much, Patricia. The book is fabulous.
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Chuck Pavey
5 out of 5 stars
Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2015
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Very good account of settling of n. America
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5 out of 5 stars
Great book
Reviewed in Canada on June 20, 2023
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I have been reading this only up to 4th chapter so far but it really captured the essence of colonial era without going too details. No boring at all and keep you excited by great story telling!
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5 out of 5 stars
Well written and very informative
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2021
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I am three quarters of the way through this extremely informative book. A pleasure to read and I feel now that I have a greater understanding of the American settlement.
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Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 10, 2016
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brilliant
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