The First Americans, Joy Hakim
The First Americans, Joy Hakim
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The First Americans
Book 1 (Prehistory-1600)

Author: Joy Hakim

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 5 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/11/2008


Synopsis

Thousands of years ago - way before Christopher Columbus set sail - wandering tribes of hunters made their way from Asia across the Bering land bridge to North America. They didn't know it, but they had discovered a New World. The First Americans is a fascinating re-creation of pre-Columbian Native American life, and it's an adventure of a lifetime! Hunt seals with Inuit; harvest corn on a cliff-top mesa; hunt the mighty buffalo; and set sail with Leif Eriksson, Columbus, and all the early explorers - Cabot, Balboa, Ponce de Leon, Cortes, Henry the Navigator, and others - in this captivating history of America before it was America.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on December 05, 2018

This is fantastic as a history for kids. I guess it's geared toward 10 year olds since the pilot of the time ship is, but it has a lot of good information & questions. (The time ship thing wasn't overdone, just used occasionally.) For instance, Hakim didn't pull any punches when describing the colon......more

Goodreads review by The other John on July 07, 2008

This year my elder daughter's history textbook is an eleven volume series called A History of US. Like The Story of the World series, it adds some life and character to the dull old facts and figures of your old fashioned history texts. What's even better is that I get to read it along with the Sonl......more

Goodreads review by Amy on November 17, 2010

This series of books about US History are OUTSTANDING! I used the series when I taught US History in 5th grade and I still refer to them constantly. They are written on a 5th grade reading level but their interest level is huge...old to young. US History is told through stories, accounts, pictures,......more

Goodreads review by Applemily on February 14, 2023

This is not my favorite time period but it is still very interesting and fun to read about. I just wish we had more history about the Native Americans because their culture seems really interesting. I enjoyed reading this book which mentioned from the Stone Age to the vanished colony of Roanoke.......more