Declaration : The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776 (Paperback)

from wagner.sarah35

A detailed snapshot of how thirteen colonies declared their independence from Great Britain in 1776. This relatively short book made for a nice Fourth of July read. The author is clearly more of a journalist than a historian (I really wish he had used his footnotes differently!) and is prone to u...

from ShanLizLuv

This was fascinating...and I really didn't think it would be. I mean, as pathetic as high school history classes can be, the Declaration of ndependence is one subject that gets a reasonable ammount of time. This is a bit out of the ordinary, though. By focusing on just a few days surrounding the ...

from HistReader

I am sad to write, I was not riveted by this book. More often than not, my mind would wander; sometimes a whole page would be read without any comprehension of what William Hogeland had written. Some distracting points were his use of modern terms. "Predatory lending" and "class war" might have h...