Stephen Ambrose’s book Undaunted Courage tells of the journey of the Lewis and Clark expedition exploring the West. However the book focuses on the friendship between Thomas Jefferson and Meriwether Lewis. In the first few chapters Ambrose gives detailed information about Lewis’ life before the exploration. Lewis is born into a plantation family from West Virginia. This is one of the ways Jefferson knows his family.
Throughout the story, he accounts for his life up until 1789, which is when the book was published. Pascal, Equiano’s master, could be considered one of North America’s nicer slave owners. He sent Equiano to a school in London where he learned to read and write, which clearly played a significant part in the writing of his book. Pascal also introduced Euqiano to a naval way of life by taking him on battle ships with him while he was almost always used as a servant on these ships. During the Seven Years War with France, Equiano saw action in Canada and in the Mediterranean and, by now having fought for the British and having been baptised, Equiano felt that he was entitled both to his share of the prize money that was handed out to sailors on naval vessels, and to his freedom.
Rahul Patel Instructor: Raymond Maxey History 1301-057 19 February 2013 Narrative of the 1584 Voyage (Document 1) Arthur Barlowe was an English explorer and sea captain who helped to lead a reconnaissance expedition to Roanoke Island off the coast of present-day North Carolina, preparing for a larger English settlement the following year. Little is known about Barlowe's life other than that by early in the 1580s he was a gentleman-soldier attached to Walter Raleigh's household in London. In 1584, Barlowe and Philip Amadas captained two ships that landed at Roanoke Island in what would become the Virginia Colony. The explorers remained in the region for two months, and upon his return Barlowe produced a report, "The first voyage made to the coastes of America," that appeared in Richard Hakluyt the Younger's Principall Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries of the English Nation, published in 1589. An entertaining narrative, Barlowe's report appears to have been based on a ship's log of the voyage, and the final text may have been reworked by others, including Thomas Hariot, Raleigh's primary assistant, and Raleigh himself.
Adam Hochschild, King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999). Review submitted by: Abigail Wagoner History 103, Sec. 216 January 31, 2014 Adam Hochschild, the author of King Leopold’s Ghost, is a well-known writer whose main job is that of journalism. However, when Hochschild was a college student, he spent time in South Africa which led him to begin writing books about difficult periods in history. He has since then written five books and, in 2012, received an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Cady V 10/2/12 Ms. Nordstrom 9 A Lesson Before Dying Many times, an author’s personal life experiences influence their writing. Ernest Gaines’ upbringing was reflected in his book, A Lesson Before Dying. His life when he was younger relates to Jefferson and Grant as well as many of the other characters. The setting of his childhood helped create the setting of A Lesson Before Dying. From his interview, we know that Ernest Gaines grew up on a plantation, like Grant.
Larry Platt tackles the journey of Allen Iverson and attempts to explain how he has crossed over into mainstream American without changing his self image in the book title “Only the Strong Survive Odyssey of Allen Iverson.” This book started out of conversation between Platt, Ann (Iverson’s mom), and Allen about writing the Iverson’s family autobiography but instead turns into what Platt says “an originally reported, part bio, part meditation on the phenomenon that is Allen Iverson.” Mr. Platt is author, reporter, and editor of a Philadelphia magazine. His background aids him when writing about Allen Iverson because he goes in to grave detail about events that effected Iverson, one being bowl alley incident that lead to Allen’s incarceration at the age of seventeen. The reason I stumble across the subject that is Allen Iverson because what he means to black youth, in all hoods across America Iverson is thought as one of them a real nigga were it be through all of his tattoos of self expression or how he keeps it all the way real, or easier put take me as I am attitude. Allen is not only one of the most prolific scorers in NBA history, he also a hip hop icon and represents the misunderstood youth of America. Iverson’s historic contribution to the NBA are what we believe is the new defenses such as how teams can now run zones (we the youth thinks this a ploy just to slow him down from scoring baskets), the increase calls on carrying the basketball which took away his crossover dribble which help propel him into mainstream, fashion need we say arm and leg sleeves that players now wear in both basketball and football.
Who were the first known settlers of what we now know as the United States? Were the Pilgrims actually trying to make it to Virginia? And lastly, did the Pilgrims and the Indians really get along the way we tell stories in today’s society? Loewen’s main point and argument is simple, the true history of it all reveals some quite embarrassing facts, and if our textbooks wanted to give an accurately moral story, they could have correctly told both the good and bad sides of the stories. Often times, many of us have an inaccurate belief that the Pilgrims, settling the soil in 1620, were the first humans in what is now known as the United States.
LCpl Castrodesmith, Carla 1 OCT 2013 FIRST TO FIGHT By: Victor H. Krulak The book First to Fight was written by Victor H. Krulak who was LtGen in the United States Marine Corps. He served in many of the conflicts America was faced with from the year 1941 to the year 1968. This book is one of the books on the United States Marine Corps Commandant’s Reading List. Marines are encouraged to read this book due to how this book describes the start of the United States Marine Corps and the struggle to earn the right to exist amongst the other branches of service, but most importantly to earn the reputation of being the most reliant branch of service always being ready to fight. In this book, LtGen Krulak describes the United States Marine
American Indians of the American Frontier Myths vs. Reality Suzanne Kendall HIST 204 American Indians of the American Frontier Myths vs. Reality Most Americans have learned about the history of the American Frontier from history books, documentaries, and movies. Very few Americans are able to distinguish the differences between the myths and reality of this history. The opening of the American Frontier gave rise to myriad and varied myths associated with people, places and events (Slatta, 2010).
In G. Wallace Chessman’s book Theodore Roosevelt and the Politics of Power, Chessman discuses Theodore Roosevelt’s early years at Harvard where he was quite the scholar, his political framework through the New York State Assembly where he was the voice of reform. The book also talks about Roosevelt’s military roles in the Spanish-American War, whereas after he turned into a national war hero; to his unexpected Presidency with all the peaks and valleys through it. It talks about the Progressive Political party that he was so actively involved in. G. Wallace Chessman wrote this book for an audience that would like a new insight or a deeper breath of knowledge of Theodore Roosevelt’s political career. G. Wallace Chessman wrote the first chapter with the intent to show the audience the roots of Theodore Roosevelt’s upbringing.