Other historians may disagree with Fiege's standpoint on said claim, but Fiege proclaims this point well throughout the book. ... To expand on physiological nature, one should begin with the chapter of "Satan in the Land." This chapter shows the use of the nature lens to be useful in the way such that Fiege describes as the supernatural and disorder. ... In this chapter, Fiege talks about how nature plays a role into explicating slavery. ... Finally, the chapter of "Nature's Nobleman" explicates the human nature and how it is useful in analyzing American history. ...

• Word Count: 1349
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Groom's book recounts the thrilling, almost Hollywood-esque adventures and dangers that Kearny and his men encountered while venturing throughout the trail. ... Winston Groom's qualifications and thoroughness were very present in the writings of this book. ... Overall, I very much enjoyed reading his book; his use of primary resources was key to the immense details and accounts he put forward throughout his book. Each chapter was intriguing and always involved some excitement or important historical event that took place. ... Groom's book gives readers more detailed information ...

• Word Count: 693
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While filled with a wealth of useful information, the book does have some flaws worth mentioning. First of all, the language is repetitive throughout the chapters. ... Secondly, they seem to be missing pieces of the story in that neither third party candidates, nor religious issues are discussed in any detail in the book. ...

• Word Count: 933
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In addition, the narrative was also divided into twelve chapters, which lucidly relate Douglass' experiences as a slave through the beginnings of his career as an abolitionist. ... As we have seen the book cover contains some external cues that are quite important for the reader such as the book title and the author's name and then contains you have another key element which is the portrait or photograph of the subject of the narrative and then you have an authenticating testimonial which it is the preface. ...

• Word Count: 2277
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate