《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 7 Up-This research-friendly collective biography profiles the lives and deeds of eight individuals who were instrumental in the exploration and settlement of the American West and places their actions into the larger context of the competition between the countries that sought to control the region. Period illustrations, maps, and sidebars supply additional information. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
Report writers will appreciate this solid volume on the settling of the American West that includes chapters on Juan de Oñate, Junípero Serra, John Sutter, John McLoughlin, and Brigham Young. Conflicts among Native Americans, Mexicans, Spanish, Americans, and British are not glossed over. Archival photos and maps, a time line, and source notes are included. Bib., ind. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
Fur, gold, and land lured Europeans across the Atlantic to America decades ago. This volume profiles some of those original explorers, including the well-known, like John Sutter and Brigham Young, and the lesser-known, such as Juan de Onate, Eusebio Kino, and Junipero Serra, who founded some of the first missions in the southwest and California. The writing is detailed but dry, and though there's much minutiae about the lives of the explorers, little effort is made to include other views, particularly those of Native Americans. Readers learn which explorers were sympathetic and which were enemies to the real Americans, but their voices are for the most part absent in this account. For students studying the westward movement, or for regional collections, this book may be helpful in understanding the traditional European conquest of America. But such a one-sided view seems archaic today, when so many other viewpoints abound. Not a recommended purchase. (Nonfiction. 11+)