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Revolutionary Summer: The Birth Of American Independence (2013)

by Joseph J. Ellis(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0385349629 (ISBN13: 9780385349628)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Vintage

review 1: Wow. Such an eye-opener to follow the sequences of the first summer of the Revolutionary War. Although the author doesn't admit it, it's so obvious it was nothing but a series of miracles that allowed these patriots to win against such a formidable foe. My interest in these events is keener as we just returned from the East where we visited many of the historical sites surrounding the Revolutionary War.
review 2: The story of our Founding Fathers has been told many times and in many places. Revolutionary Summer tells how the political and military fortunes of Colonial America were precariously aligned in the summer of 1776, and in a style that reads like a novel, brings the reader inside the main events. There is also a lesson here about the likelihood of s... moreuccess for a foreign army fighting an indigenous population. Highly recommend. less

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