Sean Stewart
- 1
- review
- 0
- helpful votes
- 5
- ratings
-
Citizen Explorer
- The Life of Zebulon Pike
- By: Jared Orsi
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 21
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 20
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 20
It was November 1806. The explorers had gone without food for one day, then two. Their leader, not yet thirty, drove on, determined to ascend the great mountain. Waist deep in snow, he reluctantly turned back. But Zebulon Pike had not been defeated. His name remained on the unclimbed peak-and new adventures lay ahead of him and his republic. In Citizen Explorer, historian Jared Orsi provides the first modern biography of this soldier and explorer, who rivaled contemporaries Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Awful narration
- By Steven Davenport on 01-23-17
- Citizen Explorer
- The Life of Zebulon Pike
- By: Jared Orsi
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
Good story, poor narration
Reviewed: 03-16-22
Just finished Undaunted Courage before this book, and thought I’d try another story about westward exploration. While this book had good information, the details and narrative were not as rich as Undaunted Courage. I was also distracted by the flat tone of the narrator- I was consistently reminded of a bored surfer dude being asked to read aloud in his high school history class.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!