Relying on extensive original documents, Morton constructs a highly readable portrait of life in 18th-century Virginia.

Robert Carter was a leading planter and businessman, one of a long line of Carters that held significant influence in pre-Revolutionary Virginia. By highlighting his significant operations, Morton provides a fascinating glimpse of this early American business leader.

Along the way, the reader is also introduced to a cast of characters whose lives intersected with Carter including tenants, slaves, businessmen and family members. Most interesting are the insights of Phillip Fithian, a tutor to the Carter children who kept a journal while employed by the family.

The book does not hide its age, as its passages relating to Carter's slaves portray him as the archetypal "benevolent master," yet it is highly worthwhile to anyone with an interest in Virginia, the Carter family or 18th-century America.

VERY USEFUL! ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T USE ENGLISH IN MOTHER LANGUAGE VERY HELPFUL TO SPOKEN ENGLISH.

Even at $8.36 this book disappoints as a 3D offering. There are very few 3D images and these are really awful. If you want to dazzle your child (or adult friends) with 1st class 3D imagery, spend $5 more and look into the Mark Blum books - Bugs in 3D and Beneath the Sea in 3D.

If your interest is in Space, and your intent is to teach your child about outer space, there are dozens of better offerings out there with 2D photo graphic images that will pique your childs interest better than this lame example.