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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2007
Gr 5-8 The first third of each of these books goes into considerable detail on the political and economic situations that precipitated the settlements' establishment. Since Williamsburg was founded by settlers from Jamestown, those two volumes work well together to present a more complete view of early Virginia. Each volume begins with a map, although "Plymouth"'s has Philadelphia highlighted and the colony itself unmarked. The page design is clean an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
These volumes present information about individual colonial settlements in North America. Each book painstakingly recounts the background of the people, places, and ideas that fostered the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More