Non-fiction

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Review: Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, 1810-1813

Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, 1810-1813: An Expedition with the Pacific Fur Company; Author: Alexander Ross; Genre: History; Publisher: Pelt Publishing (August 22, 2016); Format: Ebook. This is a fascinating narrative of early American exploration to the mouth of the Columbia River in what is now Oregon. John Jacob Astor

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Review: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Genre: Non-fiction Format: Audiobook Narrator: Scott Brick Publisher: Penguin Audio I’ve long been a fan of the explorer genre, books like “1491,” “The Lost City of Z,” and “The River of Doubt,” etc. This book did include exploration, but was mostly about the whaling industry in Nantucket, Massachusetts and the dangers it entailed.

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Review: The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond My rating: 1 of 5 stars I was initially excited to read this book as the subject interests me. The premise is to understand how humans lived before modern civilization and to compare that to our lives now. Should we try

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