Few names conjure up a vision of American history like that of George Washington. His personage is so well known that his personal history has beef fraught with myth and folklore. Who hasn't heard the story of a young George and the cherry tree? In [b]His Excellency[/b] biographer and historian Jose...
Before Bill and Hillary took to the White House, or Al and Tipper inspired Love Story, in a pre-Brangelina world (if one can imagine it), there was another power couple, John and Abigail Adams. This is a portrait painted primarily through the letters between John and Abigail, with careful attention...
A very detailed read. This book drills down in a period of time. where a number of other books skimmed over. This was definitely a slower read for me. At first, I wasn't impressed with it because it seemed to be skimming, but then about 50 pages in the author started to focus on the title of the boo...
You know, it never hurts to brush up on history. I had begun to worry that I didn't understand the American Revolution and was mixing facts, making stuff up.No, it turns out, I'm good. I know the basics: the flow of events, the major players, even some of the cities involved. I'm not as knowledgeabl...
As the blurb and other reviews tells you this book covers six months in 1776. Six months when so much had happened. The story of American independence and fight for it may be known to you in details or not at all, I had no idea how dangerously close we came to losing the fight and how much the fact ...
Through out the book I ended up with questions. They were not answered. I figure this could be considered good or bad depending how you look at it. The bad comes from finishing a book and walking away from it with questions.The good, I could possibly be motivated to read more and find the answers to...
This is a book of six essays written about pivotal moments in the founding of our country. They include:The Duel between Hamilton and Burr.The Behind the Scenes meetings that led to passage of Hamilton's financial plan and the location of the capital on the Potomac.The Silence agreed upon by all wh...
Fantastic read..I came across some bias and what could be construed as arrogance by the author, but nothing that couldn't be overlooked. I would put this in my top 5 books of bios of George Washington, but there are others I would def. recommend before this.
I admit: not my kind of book. History bores me to tears, for some reason. I think it's because I like a good story … and while yes, some events in history are good stories, I always feel so detached from them. Like, I can't relate to the people I'm reading about. I don't know. But anyway, I had to r...
I listened to this on audio -- good book, probably -- but not a topic (early american history) I have much interest in... Don't know why, but so it is.....
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