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American Uprising: The Untold Story Of America's Largest Slave Revolt (2011)

by Daniel Rasmussen(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0061995215 (ISBN13: 9780061995217)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Harper

review 1: I'm very glad that I didn't pay full price for this. This is a bare bones look at slave life in Louisiana with a brief section about the 1811 German Coast Uprising. My first problem is how vague the entire book is. Mr. Rasmussen gives basic facts of plantation life, but not much further. Some of the final chapters felt unnecessary. I was under the impression that this book would mostly cover the revolt, not dive into events in the American Civil War. A tiny tiff I had about this was how many blank pages there were. It felt like the end of every chapter had at least two blank pages. If you want to read about slave life in early American, I strongly recommend, "The Empire of Necessity" instead.
review 2: I think in the hands of a more capable storyteller, this co... moreuld have been excellent. However, Rasmussen's book doesn't do justice to its rich subject. The writing is just workmanlike. That Rasmussen's a journalist shows through and while this isn't a flaw in and of itself, he never develops his own voice. Moreover, though the book benefits from his impressive research, there's just not enough meat here and far too much filler. less

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