Review - The Americans: The Colonial Experiance - 9/10

This year I have entered one of my book reading phases where I have been interested in learning about colonial America. I have been wondering what life was like during this time to live on this new land before it was actually a new nation. This book fulfills much of those curiosities.

I like the way the book was organized. This first section I found the most interesting when Boorstin discuss the various different colonies that settled in the Americas and how they were all here for different reasons such as religion, politics and the search for a better life.

I also like that Boorstin discusses just the all around way of life during this time. Some interesting anecdotes are that the although the Europeans were far more advanced medically, many times Americans did far better left alone than they would have been if they were treated by a doctor. Or that Americans lacked books or the ability to produce books so the periodical and new papers became very popular.

All in all, this book is a good start to learning about the colonial era.