The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal WestModern · History, Nonfiction, American History
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
2019 · 11 pages · Nonfiction
17
Modern
★ 3.83 on Goodreads · 29K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 1 hours to read · about 2 days at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
#1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1). 3.83★ from 29K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
17Must-Read Score
- Readers16 out of 100 · counts 40%+7
- Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Bestseller27 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+10
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Where it ranks
- #153 of the 154 history books we rank
- #640 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #1363 of the 1,404 books we rank
Bestseller
- #1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1)
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