Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America (Audiobook)

from kerns222

The book felt like a set of long footnotes to a fuller history of the United States revolution. It told ancillary tales of people or groups, each story told from a different slant, not the normal all-american celebratory narrative. In the book, Washington was a bit less leaden and God-ordained; t...

from liamfoley

It's my own fault really. I should have read more reviews before buying this book in hardback. I was expecting something different. For some reason I was expecting a book that dealt of the intellectual roots of the American Revolution, I was a little disappointed. There was only a few references ...

from Jarratt

I got a great deal out of "Revolutionaries," but at times, it was tough slogging. Jack Rakove is clearly a great US scholar and his passion shines through. But it is written in quite the academic manner, so the casual reader may be turned off by its dense prose. There were also several sections a...