《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 7 Up-The American South was explored and settled by the Spanish, French, and English in the 16th and 17th centuries. In a clear, lively style, Doherty discusses the lives of nine people who were primarily responsible for these settlements-Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain John Smith, Cecil and Leonard Calvert, Henry Woodward, Pierre le Moyne d'Iberville, Jean Baptiste le Moyne de Bienville, and James Oglethorpe. Although the author focuses on the accomplishments of these Europeans, he also covers the impact that they had on the Native American populations living in the southeast at the time. In addition, he includes information about the slave trade and its effects on early colonization. An abundance of reproductions, a time line, source notes, a bibliography, and an index make this a useful resource for anyone looking for information on the settling of the southern American colonies.-Lynn W. Zimmerman, Southeast Middle School, Greensboro, NC (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
Each chapter profiles an important figure from the Colonial era, including Peter Stuyvesant, William Penn, and Walter Raleigh. Each cogent text is accompanied by maps and black-and-white historical reproductions, as well as information boxes on related topics such as slavery, relations between Native Americans and the colonists, and thumbnail biographies of additional notable individuals. Extensive time lines are included. Bib., ind. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 4^-8. Combining the histories of individual American colonies with short biographies of the people who founded and led them, these books present plenty of information in two well-organized, readable volumes. Puritans focuses on William Bradford, John Winthrop, Peter Stuyvesant, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Hooker, John Wheelwright, and William Penn. Soldiers spotlights Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain John Smith, Henry Woodward, James Oglethorpe, Pierre le Moyne d'Iberville, Jean Baptiste le Moyne de Bienville, and the Calverts of Maryland. Each book ends with a time line, a bibliography, and source notes. Black-and-white reproductions of period paintings, engravings and maps illustrate the texts. Good collective biographies for students of colonial history. --Carolyn Phelan
