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