About the Book

On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz made an unsettling discovery: despite all his education, from grade school through college (as a history major, no less!) he had reached middle aged with a third-grader's understanding of early America. In fact, he's mislaid the entire period separating Columbus's landing in 1492 and the arrival of the English in Jamestown in 1620. Horwitz resolves to find out what happened in between. What he discovers is a wild, century-long land-grab, with America crisscrossed by conquistadors, castaways, slaves and other travelers, who roamed and rampaged across half the states in the present U.S. before the Mayflower hit ground. He uncovers that history during an epic quest of his own--a road trip to all the present-day sites of the explorers' adventures, cities and towns and backwaters where America's lost history lies just beneath the surface of daily life.

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 695 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Large Print Press

Edition: Unknown

ISBN-10: 1594132984

Publication Date: Apr. 1st, 2009

ISBN-13: 9781594132988

Dimensions: 5.51 x 8.54 x 1.41 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.79 lbs

• Categories: Expeditions Discoveries