Really interesting mix of stories.

Interesting, unusual stories of early New England. Graphic novel

Fascinating collection of short stories, told in chronological order about events (many of which are not very well known) that occurred in colonial New England between 1620 and 1750. I have a lot of interest in this region and era: I spent the first twenty-one years of my life in Massachusetts and my family (on both my mom and dad's sides) has traced their ancestors back to that time period. In fact, in high school, one of my good friends and I did a project where we showed how our ancestors thi...

More reviews (and no fluff) on the blog http://surrealtalvi.wordpress.com/ Colonial Comics: New England starts with one of the best prefaces I've ever encountered: Editor Rodriguez wryly noting that prior to this book, his knowledge of New England history and the founding of America was pretty much limited to, "a country that was once inhabited by other nationals, reduced to several cities, a single Native American, a group of people who weren't happy in England, and some charred bodies." It

I won Colonial Comics:New England 1620-1750, Edited by Jason Rodriguez from Goodreads.Colonial Comics is a wonderful collection of stories, presented in graphic form, from the period of time when Europeans were first arriving in America. The stories represent different aspects and point of views of those times and people, including the difficulties faced by the Native Americans and women, the issues of religion and law, and the economics of the era.While this is a terrific book for any lover of

I wanted to love this, but it just didn't hold my interest. The chapters seemed too short for the stories I was interested in and too long for the ones I wasn't.

The aim of this collection is to tell stories from pre-Revolutionary War New England, a period that sometimes gets scant coverage in the typical US history class.I grew up in New England and have read a fair amount of local history, and I found this to be a delightful mix of stories and people I knew of and tales that were completely new to me. EJ Barnes, who's great at finding overlooked and fascinating historical personas, had a fun biographical piece on Thomas Morton, a sort of anti-Puritan,

An excellent graphic novel about life in Colonial New England. This is a collection of short comics that tell the stories of a variety of New Englanders and the Native Americans from this region. Some of the stories had some gaps, but over all it was great. It's beautifully designed, and there are even some cool activities placed throughout. This is primarily for teachers to use in a classroom, and I would put this at about the 8th-grade level. Some of the stories are rather complex, and others

This is a graphic novel of stories from Colonial times. It covers a wide range of information, provides a little history relating to each story. The graphics are bold and colorful.

A fun, alternative view of colonial New England history. Wonderfully illustrated and entertainingly written.*Received an advance copy through Goodreads FirstReads.

A beautiful anthology of colonial historical vignettes in the same vein as Matt Dembicki's collections. In fact, Dembicki has illustrated a story in this collection. I'm actually only familiar with a couple of the authors or illustrators but I found the stories and art top-notch. This chronological history of New England tells the lesser known tales and I had not heard many of them, even though they are populated with famous people. Because the stories are chronological, geographically specific

Colonial Comics is essentially an anthology of graphic stories about Colonial New England. While the stories are presented in chronological order, there is not always a clear linkage from one story to the next. The stories are interesting, most cover well-known topics but there are a few more nuanced interpretations of colonial history (free-ranging domestic animals, for example.) The book is targeted for tweens and teens. I think it is a good first effort to make history more accessible and int...

I really enjoyed reading this. It is a great way to bring history to life, and it makes use of some lesser-known stories from the Colonial period. I've never been a huge fan of the comic book genre, but when it tells true stories and is well put together, this particular medium can add a new degree of life-likeness to what would otherwise be words on a page. If you're even a little bit of a visual learner, this format can really bring stories to life.What I really like about this book is that it...

A really fascinating collection of short historical stories. I really enjoyed how each one was told by a different writer & artist in their own style. Overall really well done and laid out in my opinion. Though I must admit, a good number of them were pretty sad.

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.

I received this book as part of the Goodreads First Reads Program for the purpose of a fair review.Overview: Mr. Rodriguez had a great idea here. We have a collection of history stories, done in a wide range of comic book styles. Likes: This collection was impressive as there seemed to be unbiased. I wished that all history books followed this ideal.Dislikes: The only exception to the unbiased slant of the stories came at the end of “The Press’s Widow.” The author brought her views of women in t...

Just couldn't get into it, which disappointed me to no end. I love the topic, and have been looking forward to this for ages, but after the first two stories the illustrations lost steam for me, and I closed the book on Anne Hutchinson. Will have to try again another time, I can't give up on this.

Colonial Comics: great job of "introducing readers to the underrepresented stories of Colonial history." Lots of insights, stories behind the stories and subject for more research. I enjoyed a slow progression through the illustrated book and having time to think on each story.

Creative book told in comic or graphic form about coming to America and settling the land. Mostly British in perspective although there are episodes involving Native Americans.A lovely way to experience history. Loved it so much decided to get book 2

A bit hard to follow---perhaps the graphic novel format leaves out a lot of details that would help me to follow the stories.