The Frontiersmen: A Narrative
by Allan W. Eckert

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Book Review: A master storyteller, American history as it really was
Summary: 5 Stars

The best part of the story is that it is most likely all true - Eckert has invested months of research and for any skeptic you can read the unintrusive amplification notes in the back and check out all the sources yourself. (Actually, reading the amplification notes is every bit as interesting as the story itself.) Mr Eckert is not afraid to list all his sources for a particular bit and why he believes one in particular appears to be the actual truth and why he specifically excluded another. Further, in his later books he is not afraid to admit he had made a mistake in an earlier book.

He goes on to admit in the foreward that the actual dialogue is not of course necessarily what was actually said because nobody wrote down what was actually said in most cases, however Eckert's painstaking research has allowed him (possibly better than anyone else) to speculate what that person most likely would have said or thought at that particular time and place. He can do this because he's spent days reading personal journals, letters and other biographies and has tried to get inside the minds of the people he's writing about.

Whether you are interested in "as it really was" American history, or you are interested in a good historical novel, this is your book. I can also recommend any of the other Eckert historical novels - they are all excellent. However, if you haven't yet read any other books by this author, I recommend this one as your introduction to Allen Eckert, one of the finest historical novelists living today.

One word of warning, some parts of this book contain extremely graphic depictions of violence, I would not recommend it for pre teens.

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