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A Voyage Long and Strange
The bestselling author of Blue Latitudes takes us on a thrilling and eye-opening voyage to pre-Mayflower America.
On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he’s mislaid more than a century of American history, from Columbus’s sail in 1492 to Jamestown’s founding in 16-oh-something. Did nothing happen in between? Determined to find out, he embarks on a journey of rediscovery, following in the footsteps of the many Europeans who preceded the Pilgrims to America.
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Midnight Rising
The bestselling author of Blue Latitudes takes us on a thrilling and eye-opening voyage to pre-Mayflower America.
On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he’s mislaid more than a century of American history, from Columbus’s sail in 1492 to Jamestown’s founding in 16-oh-something. Did nothing happen in between? Determined to find out, he embarks on a journey of rediscovery, following in the footsteps of the many Europeans who preceded the Pilgrims to America.
U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry, 1803
(Courtesy of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, WV.)
Armory engine-house in late 19th century
(Courtesy of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, WV.)
Burning of the Arsenal at Harpers Ferry
(Courtesy of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, WV. Originally published in Harper’s Weekly, May 11, 1861.)
Newspaper illustration of marines storming engine-house
(Courtesy of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, WV. Originally published in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Oct. 29, 1859.)