Title: Great Book! But better if you know what it covers first...
Review: I have recently been reading several books of our founding fathers and the revolution in general. I also recently read McCullough's John Adams.I find this book emminently more readable. I was gripped by the story almost from the start and could hardly put it down.I will say though that I thought this would be an overview of the entire Revolutionary War as well as some thoughts on the Contintental Congress and the writing of the Declaration of Independence (I know, that would require 10x the pages, but I was hoping). Instead, the book covers primarily the war from late 1775 when King George III commits troops to quell the rebellion and ends in January 1777 shortly after the crossing of the Delaware and the skirmish at Trenton. It only mentions the Contintental Congress and the Declaration in passing.If you know that going in, and that's what you want, then you will have found an excellent historical read.
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