The American River

Another good read about how the we're rivers played an important part in the development of the American West. McCarthy again shows his writing skills here in this very well written book on the American River and the development of the Sacramento area of California. The characters are well developed......more

Good Nonfictional fiction. Loved the story and how McCarthy followed closely to historical facts. This is my first read by this author, but will become a follower. I gave the story four stars, but the amount of misspelled words, added words the writer did not write in so many sentences , extremely po......more

California and Sutter Growing up in California, Sutter was a big part of the state's history. Bringing life and depth to his character was refreshing. History books do not give life to characters, this book did.......more

Great story I love history novels and this was a really good one. Read a lot of English and Irish history, but I liked the characters and the history of the time before the gold rush......more

I would of given it 4 stars except there were so many typos in this e-book that it took away from the story. I probably will try another of his books and see how that goes.......more