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The book is excellent, but having the author read it allows one to enjoy a long drive while listening. This is a gift for a friend who keeps checking it out of the library, so after almost a year of renewing it, I've decided he just needs to get his own copy! Great way to learn history.
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A great review of our early history, presented in an interesting and compelling manner.
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This is a compelling story about the trials and tribulations that our nations founders undertook in 1775 and 1776. General George Washington had several setbacks, a victory in Boston, many more setbacks and losses, and finishes the year 1776, with enough positive to continue the fight for our freedom for another 5 years.... Very detailed and told in a suspenseful manner.
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This is a great introduction to the time period of 1776, a block of time that should be required knowledge for all those who claim to be American. This book needs to be required reading in all schools. It's written from Washington's perspective, using predominantly letters written to his wife. It shows the trials and overwhelming obstacles he faced on a near daily basis in forming, training, equipping, and motivating our first colonial army. It will give the reader a new appreciation for the price that some have paid so that others can pursue 'life, liberty, and... happiness.'
I told my kids that David McCullough was one of my favorite historians. They said, “You have a favorite historian?” They think I’m such a geek. In 1776, David shows why he’s one of my favorites. This is a thought provoking tale of that monumental year in American history that is likely to have you thinking from a different perspective than you may have in the past. The strategies, failings and human-quality of our favorite founding father are explored as well as the feelings of the militia-men on the ground. A good story teller has you wondering how these guys are going to pull it off. Though we all know the glorious outcome, you will find yourself cheering for the underdog colonials as they face superior forces. I cannot convey how much I enjoyed this telling of that fateful year.
Thi is not deep history,or very original. But that's not what McCullough intends. Instead, he is writing a poignant, beautifully narrated account of the harrowing conditions faced by the rag-tag army that was set the task of fighting the first year of the War of Independence. The central figure, of course, is Washington. McCullough, without any ax-grinding or patriotic flummery, dramatically conveys how much we owe to the fortitude and courage of Washington and a few other skilled leaders as they persisted in rousing their reluctant troops into truly heroic action on behalf of a truly noble cause.
Just love it.
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David McCullough is one of the nicest people you could ever meet. His conversational delivery is excellent and very engaging. He is someone that you can listen to for hours. He is very good at answering questions. He is both polite and and informative. The good news; he writes as well or better than his personal appearances. Read his books on Truman and Adams. They are the best.
I had enjoyed McCollough's biography of John Adams so this was a natural pick. I found it very well written with much research and great use of quotations from those involved in the Revolutionary War. I was surprised by what General Washington went through and how thoroughly he was criticized. I guess I thought that it would have been much different than nowadays in that area.
Love listening to audiobooks!
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