Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.3
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 386
Publication Date: June 27, 2006
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: June 27, 2006
Sales Rank: 87297
Studio: Simon & Schuster
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Rating:  - Fantastic
I thought that this book was fantastic. It goes into great detail about the year 1776, the problems with keeping the army together as well as the the battles. McCullough writes in such a unique and interesting way that it grabs and holds your attention. It is one of those books you just don't want to end.
Rating:  - Popular History That Reads Like Suspense
How on Earth did the 13 Colonies ever win the Revolutionary War against the British Empire? It was a lopsided match-up from the start. Yet, somehow, the American rebels pulled it off. David McCullough's "1776" gives us a glimpse into the first full year of warfare - which may have been the bleakest for the new country. The Army was made up of misfits (mostly from New England) and the citizens were starkly divided (especially in that Tory stronghold of New York City). McCullough takes us from the ... Read More
Rating:  - Good read but a little too ahgiographic.
I read this on holiday. I like reading about 18th century military history. I found this well written and engaging but too .. trite almost. The Hessians are described as mercenaries - this implies something immoral but they were hired by Britain from treaties with their home states as Britain had done for years. I see this book as a readable starting point for study of this part of the war. I think what is needed is a British account of the war that provides the kind of balance begun by Macksey.
Rating: - The Struggle of an Infant Nation
David McCullough takes the reader back to the very first year of our Republic in 1776 which indeed is the seminal year of the existence of the United States.
Not only did America sever its relations with England, it went to war with that Nation. In essence this is a story of George Washington's struggles and it tells of the making of his leadership skills. It also tells of a man who learns from both his mistakes and the mistakes of mostly omission of the enemy.
McCullough's ... Read More
Rating: - A very intelligent account of 1776
The book is slow to read, i think that is the point. McCullough wanted the readers to slow down and take the time to read what was happening in 1776. His book is not written like others, where they show a progression of facts and interpretation. McCullough would rather show us the history, then tell us the history. He relies so much on letters of the actual people, then on sources of other historians.
So on that account alone, that makes the book slower to read.
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