Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence
A Washington Post Notable BookA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the YearThe summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were...
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A Washington Post Notable BookA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the YearThe summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were dispatching the largest armada ever to cross the Atlantic to crush the rebellion in t
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780307946379 (0307946371)
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
Adult,
War,
Military,
Politics,
American History,
Military History,
Presidents,
18th Century
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 ...
12 years ago
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