Title: Hard to continue reading after glaring errors
Product review: I bought this book as I was traveling in the Southwest. I enjoyed the first couple of chapters and looked forward to getting into the meat of the book. The style was fun and I picked up a lot of facts I hadn't been aware of.I had just finished reading "The Wordy Shipmates" and so I was quite surprised to find that (according to the book) Squanto helped the settlers in Jamestown. That made it hard for me to enjoy the rest of the book. How many other errors are there that I didn't pick up? It made me suspicious of all the "Idiot's Guide"s I've purchased or thought of purchasing. Don't they require an expert reviewer?I'm very sympathetic to the native american tragedy and the author had a chance to improve the general perception of the Europeans' conquest of the New World. He should have taken his job more seriously
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