Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots

from nkmunn

dnf - picked this up on a road trip and tried to listen but only made it through the first cd and had to turn it off mid-way through the second because after Sarah Vowell's pilgrims and patriots these guys sound like they are droning on and on and on and on and only telling 1/10 of the stories of...

from JenniferRobb

Having recently read "Killing England" and "Hamilton", I found much of this information was repeated from those books. There were a few new stories that weren't covered in the other books. The basic premise seems to be taking legendary incidents and deciding if there is or is not historical evide...

from Jarratt

If you want a nice, somewhat succinct book on the founding fathers and the American Revolution, "Legends and Lies, The Patriots" is not a bad place to start. It covers the unrest that sparked the flame of the Revolution all the way to the Louisiana Purchase and the Hamilton/Burr duel. There are s...

from DDJTJ1

Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots by David Fisher If you like or dont like Bill O'Reilly you have to read this book. The book gives you an inside look to the Revolutionary war and its players. Fact: Paul Revere was not the only rider yelling that the british have landed, there were o...

from DDJTJ1

Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots by David Fisher If you like or dont like Bill O'Reilly you have to read this book. The book gives you an inside look to the Revolutionary war and its players. Fact: Paul Revere was not the only rider yelling that the british have landed, there were o...