| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 89.3

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| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 89.3 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

American Colonies. By Alan Taylor. (New York: Viking, 2001. xviii, 526 pp. $34.95, ISBN 0-670-87282-2.)

We have come to count on outstanding work from Alan Taylor, and this study fulfills our expectations. As the beginning volume in the new Penguin History of the United States, Taylor's synthesis conveys much of the conventional story of pre-1800 North American history. However, it tells the tale in an innovative fashion that expands, extends, and amplifies our understanding of the traditional narrative. . . .

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