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Stories of the Old Dominion
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1879 edition by American Book Company, New York-Cincinnati-Chicago.
- GenresHistoryNonfiction
348 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1879
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March 8, 2024
(The only reason I didn't give this book 4 stars was bc it wasn't my personal cup of tea as I would've liked to see more stories of females but I get that this was geared towards boys)
For a book written so long ago, this was pretty good and felt pretty timeless (and how cute is that cover????)
I was expecting a different kind of format but I think the format complemented this book very nicely.
For any other girls out there: This was written in 1879, and there is only one time (I think) that girls were referred to as the reader. This book was written (as the author says) to young boys and men so that they might know the stories of Godly men.
Okay but let's get one thing straight here, who can safely say that they know all the events that were described in here. *crickets* Obviously this book demolishes anyone who says our public school system is thriving bc as a former public schooler I can safely say that I knew maybe one full story in here. *cough*
So this book taught me tons of things but what I enjoyed the most was that it was in story-telling mode (the author would talk to us as if we were directly in front of him). And he executed it perfectly!!!! I've not read many book were the fourth wall was broken without some amount of cringyness, but Cooke was able to do it so sublime that I was imaging that I was little again and sitting in front of my Grandfather.
Cooke covered a ton of content in 300 smth pages and I would recommend this to anyone interested in US early history, or as a homeschool side book for US history. It's definitely a fun way to be told the true facts of history. (Another thing to mention is anything that Cooke isn't totally sure abt he makes sure to make a note saying that it isn't completely proven)
The pictures every smth smth pages was very nice as a visual learner and helped to break up the amount of text you read.
Content:
Violence: For a book primarily covering war, none of the violence went into any gory details and even when people suffered a harder ending I never once had an issue with any of it
Drugs/alcohol: Maybe a few mentions of wine but maybe three words about it all, nothing detailed or dangerous
Sexual: None
Language: None
Age recommendation: 10+ (it is a lot of reading so for younger children I recommend doing a out loud family read)
For a book written so long ago, this was pretty good and felt pretty timeless (and how cute is that cover????)
I was expecting a different kind of format but I think the format complemented this book very nicely.
For any other girls out there: This was written in 1879, and there is only one time (I think) that girls were referred to as the reader. This book was written (as the author says) to young boys and men so that they might know the stories of Godly men.
Okay but let's get one thing straight here, who can safely say that they know all the events that were described in here. *crickets* Obviously this book demolishes anyone who says our public school system is thriving bc as a former public schooler I can safely say that I knew maybe one full story in here. *cough*
So this book taught me tons of things but what I enjoyed the most was that it was in story-telling mode (the author would talk to us as if we were directly in front of him). And he executed it perfectly!!!! I've not read many book were the fourth wall was broken without some amount of cringyness, but Cooke was able to do it so sublime that I was imaging that I was little again and sitting in front of my Grandfather.
Cooke covered a ton of content in 300 smth pages and I would recommend this to anyone interested in US early history, or as a homeschool side book for US history. It's definitely a fun way to be told the true facts of history. (Another thing to mention is anything that Cooke isn't totally sure abt he makes sure to make a note saying that it isn't completely proven)
The pictures every smth smth pages was very nice as a visual learner and helped to break up the amount of text you read.
Content:
Violence: For a book primarily covering war, none of the violence went into any gory details and even when people suffered a harder ending I never once had an issue with any of it
Drugs/alcohol: Maybe a few mentions of wine but maybe three words about it all, nothing detailed or dangerous
Sexual: None
Language: None
Age recommendation: 10+ (it is a lot of reading so for younger children I recommend doing a out loud family read)
April 20, 2009
Interesting snippets of life in Virginia from Jamestown to the end of the Revolution. Written late in the 1800s by a father for his sons. I'm not positive of the historical accuracy of some of the details and some things seemed oversimplified, but that could be because of the target age group. It was nice to get a more Virginian perspective on things; most Revolutionary War histories seem to cover New England or the Middle Colonies, especially towards the beginning of the war.
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