In this vibrantly told, meticulously researched book, Miles Harvey reveals one of the most fascinating and overlooked lives in American history.... read full description
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Feb 06, 2009
Tuck
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a bit heavy at times with the history, but miles harvey is a great writer and this is a great and important book on spanish and french conflict in north america and very balanced approach to timucua culture and society. and of course great job on artist/colonialist jacques le moyne de morgues (theodor de bry is maybe better known, but he actually bastardized le moyne's paitings, there are no le moyne paintings left in the world).
miles harvey also wrote the fantastic book "the island More...
miles harvey also wrote the fantastic book "the island More...
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Mar 05, 2009
Teresa
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I thought it would be pretty interesting to imagine what it would be like to be an artist among a group of soldiers and adventurers traveling to the New World, so I picked up this book on a whim. This book is a fascinating account of the beginning of American history encompassing pirates, cannibals, lost Indian civilizations, gruesome bloodshed, the beginning of the slave trade, and so much more. I also appreciated the art history lesson on Le Moyne as well as the smaller section on John White.
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Sep 30, 2008
Beth
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Miles Harvey was signing at our Petoskey bookstore, but I missed him by a day, yet still bought his books, both autographed.
I liked this historical biography better than his other book. Fascinating stuff, early early American history traced to the present via a French protestant artist who travelled to La Florida in the 1560's. I kept an atlas handy for reference.
It is a time in "American" history we know so little about. Thought Mr Harvey did some excellent detective wo More...
I liked this historical biography better than his other book. Fascinating stuff, early early American history traced to the present via a French protestant artist who travelled to La Florida in the 1560's. I kept an atlas handy for reference.
It is a time in "American" history we know so little about. Thought Mr Harvey did some excellent detective wo More...
Nov 20, 2008
Brian
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Jun 08, 2009
Rebekah
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The history was detailed and the story interesting, but the author's voice really got in the way. It was the same with his other book, Island of Lost Maps.
Apr 20, 2009
Ron
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Interesting look at a little known artist who influenced needlework and Raleigh's attempts to settle Virginia.
Mar 23, 2009
Jessica
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Miles Harvey tells the story of Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, the first European artist in North America. Le Moyne was part of the failed French attempt to establish Fort Caroline in La Florida in the 1550s. I honestly had no idea that the French attempted to colonize in Florida, so that part of the story was interesting, as was the way Harvey was able to evoke the chaotic period of exploration through which Le Moyne's story winds. Unfortunately Le Moyne's life is barely documented, so much of
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Dec 16, 2010
Pat
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Harvey made the French and Spanish attempted settlements of America very readable. The book is focused on the life of the first European to create images of the natives he met in Florida in the 1560's. The accounts of the settlements, the murders by both the French and Spanish, and the failed leadership that caused so many deaths were brought into perspective for the times. I loved the book, hated the chapter on the guy who buys historic books and cuts them up to sell individual pages, and lo
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Aug 14, 2011
The "Painter" involved was a Huguenot Frenchman who survived the massacre by the Spanish at Fort Caroline and later got a pity job as the embroidery designer for Charles I's wife Henrietta Maria. The botanical and ethnographic watercolors are beautifully reproduced.
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