In the five decades since publishing his first book, “The Johnstown Flood,” David McCullough has become perhaps our best-loved chronicler of America’s past. Just my two cents.A painting by Charles Sullivan shows locally built boats off the shore of Marietta, Ohio, ca. It really does feel like, there is an entire 1/2 missing from this book. It was just disappointing to me, McCullough almost always has included thought-provoking and empathetic information on whatever the subject he authors. That in mind, it's still a good non-fiction book if you want to learn about the perspective of the pioneers and what their lives were like. I kept reading, expecting the next paragraph, page, or chapter to jump POV's to the Natives to combat the horrible stereotypes the book/main characters were painting. The entire book, the characters are living in 'fear' from them. It doesn't touch on anything from the point of view of the Natives. The only mentions of Natives in this book are how they are merely an obstacle that the pioneers had to 'overcome' so they could (and this is an actual quote) 'build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country'. These commenters are very much in denial or didn't read the book. A opinion that feels EXTREMELY Revisionist to me. Almost like a book that a Publisher completed after the author had passed away.īack to your question after that context, the book very much DOES have an opinion. The book honestly feels like it was cobbled together from rough drafts or pages of information/letters that haven't been sculpted into a book. I think with how short it is, and how it lacks a constant writing style.

The book (imo) fails as a purely historical record, as the other 3 state it is. The book is completely based off the real letters and diaries from 5 people who were actual pioneers that settled in Ohio and the midwest. The book is completely based off the real letters and diaries from 5 people who were actual pion …more Id argue that these answers are not entirely correct. Josh Id argue that these answers are not entirely correct.

The pioneers by mccullough