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title: "The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West Hardcover – Deckle Edge, May 7, 2019"
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# The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West Hardcover – Deckle Edge, May 7, 2019

**Brand:** david mccullough
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    One small town in the wilderness leads to great changes for the entire country
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2019*

This is my first McCullough book but it will not be my last. With careful detail and obviously deep research from source material the author tells a story of the movement Westward and the expansion of the burgeoning, post Revolution United States. He focuses granularly on Marietta Ohio and surrounding area for good reason. If not for Rufus Putnam and the Ohio company and Marietta Ohio, none of the western expansion might have happened for quite some time. The importance of this area in our nation's history cannot be overstated. I find it typical but still disappointing the number of reviewers that have chosen to focus on the native Americans fate. If one is to read the book one will see that the settlers intention was to work with the local inhabitants as much as possible (though it did not always turn out this way.) Those choosing to focus on the plight of the supposed perfect indigenous people ignore the fact that the charter of Ohio forbade slavery and that the very settlers of Marietta were instrumental in keeping those measures in the new States Constitution as it was written. These were men and women of good heart.  Our modern culture tends to glorify anyting the natives did as "pure" and "close to the Earth" when in fact they warred viciously with each other as well as the white inhabitants.  It should also be noted that unless they were direct descendants of the prehistoric peoples "the Hopewell" from 2000 years ago they too were Invaders. The book is fantastic and should inspire everyone who reads it to learn their own local history in more depth and perhaps make a pioneering pilgrimage of their own to the sites in this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A flawed, albeit compelling and entertaining book
  

*by H***7 on Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2019*

Only 258 pages, David McCullough's latest book called "The Pioneers" is a well-written, captivating book... with a catch."The Pioneers" tells the story not of the swaths of pioneers to the Northwest territories in the late 1700s and early to mid 1800s (it provides 20 or so pages of context to the Northwest Ordinance, but not much else), but of a few families -- mainly the Cutler family -- who traveled to Marietta, Ohio. In that sense, the book covers the pioneers who ventured out west. However, its focus isn't as wide as its title and subtitle would suggest. Because of that, McCullough's book is a dissapointment, but by no means bad.I only wish the book were longer. At 258 pages, it is on the short side. The first 3/4ths of the book are really well fleshed out, but much of the rest of the book felt rushed and underdeveloped.Still, "The Pioneers" is a fantastic read with a compelling narrative, lively and entertaining writing, and some very well-chosen letters, diary entries, and other primary sources.The Verdict: Although it was mismarketed (which I did not take into account in my rating of the book as bad marketing is not the authors fault) and too short and at times underdeveloped, "The Pioneers" is a must-buy both for fans of McCullough and those who enjoy late 18th and 19th century United States History.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A fine history
  

*by S***E on Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2019*

I read this books review in the WSJ some months ago, liked the historical premise and put it in my wishlist.  I finally read down my list to open the Pioneers.David McCullough is a reliable go-to historical writer with an eye for specialized, focused histories. He’s batted a thousand with his tightly written narratives. There have been several years that I thought he had written a top 5 of the year. He’s not an author for the history deep diver to pass over lightly.The story begins in the overcrowded and bankrupt MA colony. Too many people competing for too little money for too long created a restless population. An idea grows to become the Northwest Ordinance circa 1787. The Ohio River was the jewel all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.West Virginia was governed by VA property law, sold-out but unclaimed and vastly unsettled. VA was a slave state of no appeal to the one generation removed Puritan settlers of New England. On the other side of the river from Wheeling WV, was Ohio and south by river flow grew a squatter domain of huddled settlements surrounded by variously British and French-inspired Indian mercenaries needing little motivation to stand against the white man invasion.Marietta, named after the ostensible French royal hero of the Revolution Marie Antoinette. Established on the banks of the navigable Ohio and Muskingum Rivers it was the heart of the first Confederation Congress land grant into the 'unknown'.This is a story of endurance. It’s a tale of highly educated and established social status families re-purposed to make their way into the primordial wilderness.McCullough’s history comes from the historical and personal written legacies tidied away in shoeboxes from descendants.I know Marietta. The Indian mound cemetery is still there. The streets remain named as the settlement. The modern era shrinking village revels in its bygone Federalist architecture. Here be ghosts and shadows of giants.

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