Reviews for Idaho History! Surprising Secrets About Our State's Founding Mothers, Fathers & Kids!

The average rating for Idaho History! Surprising Secrets About Our State's Founding Mothers, Fathers & Kids! based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-02-15 00:00:00 Lindsay Dage Every chapter is a story with the same general location, a hamlet in Dartmoor, England but their time period's range from the stone age to 1919. If you enjoy Rutherford's books you'll enjoy this one. Girling's book is better though because the chapters stand alone, tight and gorgeously written. He doesn't need the conceit and romantic crutch of making the genetic connection of his characters obvious with genetic deformities like an extra finger or a sprig of white hair. He is much more generous to the reader's imagination.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-02-12 00:00:00 Alan Hoshor It took me a while to finish this book (started it over a year before I finished it). It is not that it is badly written; it is actually quite packed tight with information and goes thoroughly through the history of Canada. Not having a breadth of knowledge on Canadian history, it was laborious at times for me to take it all in so-to-speak. With that said and barring the fact that I have read no other histories on Canada, this book was quite informative and made me appreciate our northern neighbors and their path as respects their approach to the government of our shared "mother" country. One thing is for certain if Brown is indeed accurate in his depiction of Canadian relations with first nations peoples: while the Canadian record is not spotless, it would appear that their overall record is better than that found in the United States. At any rate, if you want a thorough introduction to Canadian history read this book; or, read a less-thorough survey of Canadian history first and then read this one to fill in the details.