Superb volume.detailed and very entertaining.Reading this volume in conjunction with a trip would provide the best conceivable history lesson, a true appreciation of both the meager and momentous beginnings of this nation.
-"The Washington Post" Lively and engrossing
-The (Louisville, KY) "Courier-Journal" Mapp has a genius for narrative history almost equal to Parkman himself.Fascinating.The reader will be entertained and enriched.
-Arthur Pierce Middleton "The Virginia Magazine of History" A fine scholar, caring teacher, and voluminous communicator who has won several awards as a national educator.
-President Rosanne Runte, Old Dominion University