Kate’s 2¢: “America’s hidden history: untold tales of the first pilgrims, fighting women, and forgotten founders who shaped a nation: by Kenneth Davis

“America’s hidden history: untold tales of the first pilgrims, fighting women, and forgotten founders who shaped a nation: by Kenneth Davis

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I have a fairly good knowledge of our American heritage, although, I’m not a scholar of American history.  I don’t know if the factoids in this book are accurate or not.

   I appreciated the time line found in the beginning of each chapter.

   Robert Sams  did a good job of reading what could have been a dry subject.  Thank you..

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (one source)

Davis was born in Salina, Kansas, and raised in Manhattan, Kansas. He was a 1934 graduate of Kansas State University with a degree in journalism, and received a master of science degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1936. During his varied career, Davis was a journalism instructor at New York University, a war correspondent attached to General Eisenhower’s headquarters during World War II, a member of the UNESCO Relations Staff of the State Department, and a professor of history at both Kansas State and the University of Kansas. He also worked as speech writer for Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson during the 1956 campaign.

   Davis was awarded the prestigious Francis Parkman Prize in 1973 for his book FDR: The Beckoning of Destiny, which was also a nominee for the National Book Award. In addition, his next two volumes on Roosevelt were both chosen as among the ten best books of the year by The New York Times. Davis was also a Guggenheim Fellow in 1974.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

 America’s hidden history: untold tales of the first pilgrims, fighting women, and forgotten founders who shaped a nation DB66907

Davis, Kenneth C. Reading time: 7 hours, 53 minutes.

America’s hidden history: untold tales of the first pilgrims, fighting women, and forgotten founders who shaped a nation DB66907

Davis, Kenneth C. Reading time: 7 hours, 53 minutes.

Read by Robert Sams.

U.S. History

Author of the Don’t Know Much About series describes overlooked episodes in early American history. Includes Queen Isabella’s advice to Columbus to bring pigs to the New World–animals that introduced diseases to the natives–and George Washington’s attack on French soldiers who were on a diplomatic mission. Violence. 2008.

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